A once-niche subgenre, gacha games are on the rise. Thanks to Genshin Impact’s breakout success with mainstream audiences, gachas are no longer considered merely mobile games with addictive mechanics ...

Gacha games have blown up in the past few years, often going viral for their combat systems, world-building, and cutesy graphics. If you've never played a gacha game before, you might be missing out ...

The closed alpha went live for Destiny Rising yesterday, the NetEase-made mobile game that Bungie had close to nothing to do with and…you can immediately tell. While NetEase skated by things like ...

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 ...

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 Game Awards have now all been handed out at a rapid-fire pace, and if there’s one thing that this year cemented, gacha rules the Geoff Keighley roost. Between the mobile awards being dominated by ...

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 ...