In November of last year, Hi-Rez Studios went live with the Cards Unbound update to their hero shooter Paladins. The update changed the way players used and obtained the game's stat cards, in a way ...

Following the success of launching the flagship title ‘Big Time’ into Early Access and generating NFT sales in excess of 100 million dollars, BIG TIME Studios Ltd. (BTS) announced the OPEN LOOT (OL) ...

Open Loot has officially launched OL Chain, a new Layer 3 chain designed to drive the future of Web3 gaming with a focus on ...

Update: Shortly after this story went live, Hi-Rez studios announced it is removing Cards Unbound's controversial loot box system from Paladins. The studio is also making major changes to Paladins: ...

You’d be hard pressed to find a game that doesn’t include some form of microtransactions these days, especially in mobile games. It just makes sense for gaming companies — an immensely lucrative ...

You can see a lot of familiar things on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, Calif. A giant poster for Lawrence of Arabia greets you when you walk through the Madison Avenue entrance. Walter White’s ...

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