A recent report by APACS, the UK's Association for Payment Clearing Services, found that plastic card payments had trebled since 1996, with card payments in retail exceeding cash payments for the first time in 2005. However, the increasing popularity of electronic money is not the only trend to watch; virtual money could soon become an important player in the field of payments too.
At GDC 2024, Convai showed off a new AI NPC demo made with Unity. They also announced new features and partnerships with game developers.
Online life sim Second Life is removing gacha mechanics later this month, citing a "changing regulatory climate" as its reason for banning the surprise mechanics
Do that with Marvel Avengers and every other Gacha game and the wold would be great.
So, what games are you not allowed to stream on Twitch?
As they should be. There's no need for these kinds of games. It's just prurient nonsense.
They gave on the Discovery Channel a while back a documentary about Second Life and I was amazed on how people were really.. obsessed with the game. You have the ability to make a house and what not and sell it, but the thing is that people would actually spend thousands of dollars (real money) on fake property. I mean really WTF?!