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Buying a ‘loot box’ in an online game? Some of the swag could help public ...

Denver Post 21 Mar 2026
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready. Microtransactions in online games, such as buying “loot boxes” of virtual items, would be subject to a 5% fee under a bill being considered by Colorado lawmakers, with the revenue going to public schools ... Rep.
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Highguard Microtransactions Are Being Automatically Refunded on PS5

TechRaptor 18 Mar 2026
It looks as though Sony is giving you your money back for Highguard microtransactions, but there's no indication other platforms are doing the same. Read this article on TechRaptor ....
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Sony appears to be auto-refunding Highguard players their microtransaction payments

Games Industry 18 Mar 2026
Sony has commenced refunding Highguard payments to PlayStation 5 players. Read more ... .
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Slay The Spire 2 Devs Won't Add Microtransactions, Even Though Fans Would Pay For Them

Gamespot 11 Mar 2026
Players should not expect Mega Crit to ever add microtransactions to Slay the Spire 2, according to recent comments from one of its developers ... any such content because "we're microtransaction haters."
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After Killing Off Microtransactions, RuneScape Raises Subscription Prices

Gamespot 11 Mar 2026
In January, developer Jagex announced the removal of microtransactions from its wildly popular 25-year-old MMO, RuneScape.
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Slay the Spire 2 developer refuses to rely on microtransactions or DLC packs to make ...

Eurogamer 10 Mar 2026
Slay the Spire 2 is pretty great, isn't it? Launching into early access with co-op and just the correct amount of iteration sounds good to me when the original's roguelite card battler formula was already a winner. Read more ... .
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Bungie Makes Key Change To Marathon's Microtransactions

Gamespot 10 Mar 2026
Bungie's new extraction shooter, Marathon, is finally here ... "As a part of this whole process, we'll be crediting 20 LUX to players for each $10 LUX bundle they purchased before this change occurred.".
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MMO raises subscription prices less than 2 months after ditching microtransactions, causing a RuneScape fan ...

Games Radar 10 Mar 2026
Copy link. Facebook. X. Flipboard. Email ... SFX ... Just shy of two months ago, Jagex made the bold move of getting rid of RuneScape's microtransactions ... Jagex is killing RuneScape's awful microtransaction shop because it wants to be "a safe haven" for players.
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Slay the Spire 2 Dev Comments on Microtransactions

Game Rant 09 Mar 2026
Slay the Spire 2 developer Mega Crit has taken a firm stance against microtransactions.
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Marathon Is Already Patching A Major Microtransaction Complaint With More Fixes On The Way

Kotaku 08 Mar 2026
Lux will now come in the right amount to purchase a skin ....
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Marathon dev Bungie responds to microtransactions complaints and is "preparing a patch" for next week

Eurogamer 08 Mar 2026
Marathon developer Bungie has committed to revising its approach to in-game currency, claiming it will boost the amount of Lux you get for £8 ($10) of real money from 1100 to 1120 "in the near future". Read more ... .
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Slay the Spire 2 devs are "microtransaction haters," even if some fans "threaten to buy ...

Games Radar 08 Mar 2026
As was the case with its older sibling, Slay the Spire 2 won't have microtransactions because the developers are self-proclaimed haters of real-money cosmetics and the like ... "We're microtransaction ...
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Bungie Issues Statement on Controversial Marathon Microtransactions

Game Rant 07 Mar 2026
Marathonhas earned some early criticism over its microtransactions, but the ...
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