A definitive list of the best gacha games wouldn’t be complete without Genshin Impact. While Hoyoverse’s flagship title is by no means the first of its kind, it is the one that catapulted the ...

Genshin Impact remains one of the most popular gacha games in the world, constantly adding new regions and characters, but now they’ve run afoul of the FTC for their main revenue model.

Over the years, fan-favorite banners featured heavy hitters like Raiden Shogun and Venti. Players anticipated new releases, leaked character kits, and lore-rich additions. The 5.4 banner, instead, ...

Genshin Impact developer Cognosphere (aka Hoyoverse) has agreed to a $20 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its gacha loot box monetization and is now banned from ...

The complaint against HoYoverse alleged several violations, such as Genshin Impact being marketed towards children and collecting their personal information, deceiving players about gacha odds ...

As usual, the main focus of each update in 2024 was on new playable units, which does not come as a surprise considering that Genshin Impact operates on a gacha-based system. This means that the ...

In the wake of Genshin Impact we’ve seen the gacha genre explode in the West. From Genshin’s sister titles Honkai Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero, to other takes on the genre like Infinity ...

While Genshin Impact technically doesn't have lootboxes, in this case, the gacha system (for obtaining 5-star characters in-game) has been categorized as a lootbox mechanism by the FTC.

Nicole Carpenter is a senior reporter specializing in investigative features about labor issues in the game industry, as well as the business and culture of games. Genshin Impact publisher ...