Jamie Madigan has a guest post on his Psychology of Games blog, written by the Devil: Using Psychology and Loot Boxes too Destroy Video Games: A Fun and Practical Guide. As Jamie (or the Devil says), “if...

The European Union is investigating the growth of free-to-play games, and whether certain practices are misleading advertising. The investigation follows the publication of the UK’s Office of Fair Trading’s guidelines on In-App Purchases and Apple’s settlement of...

Over at Eurogamer, Tristan Donovan has written a marvellous piece on the crowd-funding experience of Slightly Mad Games. In an nutshell: the company has raised over £2 million from consumers to fund their game. It says this...

I was interviewed by PC Pro for a discussion on whether apps should be regulated, particularly those with IAPs aimed at children. The story was initiated by an FTC report that had little to do with In...

The BBC has a video report combining the betes-noire of tabloid journalists and ill-informed politicians: money-laundering bankers and computer games. Anti-money laundering training firm The Consulting Consortium has launched a game that puts players in the role...