In Arknights: Endfield, the gacha and pity systems are core elements of the experience, as with any other gacha game. The character and weapon gachas (called "headhunting" in-game) are how you obtain ...

Families of teens who'd used Character.AI and died by suicide sought to hold the platform accountable. Credit: SOPA Images / Contributor / Light Rocket / Getty Images Character.AI and Google have ...

Love them or hate them, gacha games are huge right now, and there’s no sign that’s going to change on a large scale any time soon. By their nature, they exclude players without a lot of disposable ...

Months ago, Takara Tomy announced a line of Sanrio characters gacha figures that reimagined each one as a tooth, and now it is confirmed they’ll all appear in Japan in November 2025. It will be 300円 ...

Duet Night Abyss is a free-to-play game that has a gacha system, but not for characters or weapons. The game features a limited-time and a permanent banner that allows players to obtain various ...

NetEase’s upcoming open-world RPG Ananta has confirmed its free-to-play monetization model will focus entirely on cosmetics and customization, with no character gacha system whatsoever. In a recent ...

Gacha games can be quite entertaining options for players who don’t have the time, money, or energy to dive into more time-intensive AAA titles. That’s not to say that many of the best gacha games do ...

Disney sent a cease and desist letter to Character.AI last week that warned the startup to stop using copyrighted characters without authorization. Character.AI allows users to create and interact ...

Sometimes I regret pitching an article and then ending up doing just some contextual research to find something I didn’t want. The developer of Twinkle Star Knights, Studio Kumasan, has announced that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. I am through day one of Destiny Rising after its launch ...

Hero Games finally announced the release date of the upcoming action-RPG, Duet Night Abyss. Many in the gacha community are looking forward to it, especially with the developers currently making some ...