Activision's new patent makes it easy to exploit online gamers for their cash

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"This was an exploratory patent filed in 2015 by an R&D team working independently from our game studios. It has not been implemented in-game."

That's all Activision has to say for itself after word surfaced of a patent for a system designed to push players toward buying things like loot boxes when they play online games. It's not a great response for a number of reasons, but let's look at the patent first.

Early Tuesday, Glixel reported on a patent that Activision first filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2015 and was granted on Oct. 17. Its title: "System and method for driving microtransactions in multiplayer video games." Read more...

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Activision's new patent makes it easy to exploit online gamers for their cash Activision's new patent makes it easy to exploit online gamers for their cash Reviewed by mimisabreena on Thursday, October 19, 2017 Rating: 5

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