EA has reportedly added loot boxes to the latest playtest build of its highly-anticipated new Skate project, tying them to earnable in-game currency in a manner seemingly consistent with its previous promise of there being no paid loot boxes in the game.
EA made that particular pledge last July, when it announced its Skate revival would be a free-to-play live-service game. At the time, developer Full Circle attempted to assuage fan fears by insisting the game’s monetisation would be “mostly about cosmetics and convenience”, promising no pay to win mechanics or paid gameplay advantages, no paid gameplay elements or areas of the map, and no paid loot boxes.
Given those assurances, players were a little perturbed when, not long after Skate’s free-to-play announcement, dataminers uncovered evidence of loot-box-like Swag Bags – purchasable with “Taps” and containing randomised apparel – in a version of Skate’s playtest source code.
Source – eurogamer.net
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