{"id":14667,"date":"2022-08-10T02:40:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/overwatchs-paid-loot-boxes-are-finally-going-away\/"},"modified":"2022-08-10T02:40:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T01:40:00","slug":"overwatchs-paid-loot-boxes-are-finally-going-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/overwatchs-paid-loot-boxes-are-finally-going-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch&#8217;s Paid Loot Boxes Are Finally Going Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Overwatch\u2019s<\/em> Loot Boxes may not have been the first in video game history, but they quickly became one of the most important, <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/screw-you-overwatch-loot-boxes-1781529101\">even if we were sick of them as early as June 2016<\/a>, which was&#8230;one month after the game\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/overwatch-loot-box-dead-gone-rip-blizzard-dlc-1849393465\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. 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