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 ...

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Gacha game is a genre that, despite being infamous, became widely popular and established a strong presence, also in terms of profitability, in the West and globally, after games like Genshin Impact, ...

Whether you play gacha games or not, you’ve likely heard the term used before. Yet, while gacha games are commonplace in the video games industry, not everyone knows what they are, nor the history ...

Gacha games are a classic genre that runs the gamut of actual gameplay content—from turn-based combat to rhythm games, there are very few stones left unturned in this garden of chance-based ...

The gacha space in 2026 is bigger (and louder) than ever. If Genshin Impact is still the benchmark for “open-world gacha done right,” it’s also sparked a wave of games that chase different flavors: ...

With some gacha games, it can feel like a requirement to fork over cash to enjoy them properly – usually for some sort of in-game cosmetic or the chance of nabbing a rare skin. It’s not always the ...

There once was a time when gacha games were seen as nearly taboo to play. Between their low production values, overt predatory monetization, and perceived lack of gameplay depth, playing a gacha game ...

Remember the feeling when you put in a token at a machine in your local arcade, watching as a mechanical claw grabs a random prize out of a pool of them that’s yours for the taking? If you said yes, ...