Randomness in games used to be the spice, not the main course. But lately, it’s everywhere. Open a loot box. Pull a character in a gacha banner. Trigger a random dungeon boss. From mobile games to AAA ...

Some of the most popular video games of the current decade are part of a genre known as gacha, but what really does this word mean? Why are gacha games so popular, and how are they making so much ...

The gaming industry has a love-hate relationship with gacha mechanics, and despite years of player backlash, these monetization systems are thriving more than ever. Named after Japanese capsule-toy ...