Linden Lab, the developer of long-standing sim Second Life, announced that it will be removing gacha mechanics from the title later this month. The adjustment is due to a "changing regulatory ...

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Due to a "changing regulatory climate" Second Life studio Linden Lab has announced that starting August 31, chance-based content purchases—gacha, in other words—will be banned entirely.

Gacha games are games in which players are encouraged to use real-life money to unlock randomized items in a loot box-type system. The term gacha originated in Japan and comes from the word ...

But nearly 70 percent of those who spent money say their spending habits haven't changed since the Japanese government forced social game publishers to eliminate the "complete gacha" sales tactic ...

Japan's social game makers are tweaking many of their top-grossing titles following a government ban on "complete gacha" sales tactics. The country's Consumer Affairs Agency said last week that ...