Diablo Immortal has taken $24M in transactions in the two weeks since the game released.
With VALORANT solidified in its popularity, game devs and designers have begun to explain more of their processes for creating different aspects of their universe. Specifically, how did they decide on these weapons and skins, how do they balance them, and how to they limit pay-to-win features? Read more here:
Junior United States Senator (R-MO) Josh Hawley has introduced a bill to ban loot boxes and other pay-to-win practices in games. The "Protecting Children from Abusive Games Act" would ban pay-to-win initiatives in 'games played by minors'. The aforementioned label, Hawley states, includes games designed for children, but also games Hawley says, 'whose developers knowingly allow minor players to engage in microtransactions.'