FTC fines Genshin Impact maker $20M for misleading kids on loot box costs, violating COPPA, and using confusing in-game ...

"Genshin Impact deceived children, teens, and other players into spending hundreds of dollars on prizes they stood little chance of winning," said Samuel Levine, director of the FTC’s Bureau of ...

Genshin Impact maker HoYoverse is in a spot of trouble, as it has to pay a $20 million fine to the Federal Trade Commission over accusations of deceiving players.. HoYoverse has made a bit of a ...

The US Federal Trade Commission is preparing to settle with the company behind the popular video game Genshin Impact over concerns that the money-making mechanics of the game were deceptive ...

Genshin Impact developer Cognosphere (aka Hoyoverse) has agreed to a $20 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its gacha loot box monetization and is now banned from ...

Genshin Impact adds a new permanent combat mode, and oh boy, is it testing my five-star team comps' abilities. Good luck to ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has forced Genshin Impact developer, HoYoverse, to show the true numbers behind its gacha game. It has resulted in the information being surfaced in-game, in an ...

The FTC has fined Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse for $20 million, alleging that HoYoverse “deceived children, teens, and other players into spending hundreds of dollars on prizes they stood ...

Under the FTC's proposed order, it wants to prohibit Genshin Impact from selling loot boxes using virtual currency unless it also provides an option to purchase them directly with real money. It ...

In Genshin Impact update 5.6, material changes were made to several UI elements many months after an FTC ruling which banned developer HoYoverse, or publishing arm Cognosphere, from "selling ...

The FTC says "Genshin Impact deceived children, teens, and other players into spending hundreds of dollars on prizes they stood little chance of winning." Skip to main content.