The Zenless Zone Zero 2.5 update is a great time to return, with a free Zhao, Jane Doe skin, tons of pulls, and the ...

Umamusume: Pretty Derby, the gacha horse-girl racing rogue-like, got nominated for The Game Awards in the best mobile category. As a celebration for this, it’s handing out 1500 carats, or the ...

While I love the look and feel of gacha games like Zenless Zone Zero and Honkai Star Rail, I simply can't get over the 'gacha.' As someone who (thankfully) remains relatively stalwart in her attempts ...

Love them or hate them, gacha games are huge right now, and there’s no sign that’s going to change on a large scale any time soon. By their nature, they exclude players without a lot of disposable ...

Tower of Fantasy is an interesting one: a mashup of gacha and MMO, all of the random monetisation bullshit, plus expecting you to *shudder* work together with strangers. Despite being a sicko for both ...

Zach McKay is a writer from the United States, and a game lover since he stole his dad’s N64 controller to play Ocarina of Time. He has been playing video games for the better part of 25 years and ...

That trend has come to a head in 2025’s underwhelming Best Mobile field, which offers the most narrow view of the category to date. Every single game is a free-to-play release, a chunk of which are ...

At first glance, Arknights: Endfield may look like just another gacha game. A team of anime-styled characters executes flashy moves in a semi-open world while you explore, level up, and manage your ...

Chinese developer Hypergryph and publisher Gryphline are behind Arknights, a tower-defense tactical mobile RPG that has seen moderate success around the world. Its puzzle-based gameplay, base-building ...

Callum is a seasoned gaming managing editor for a number of publications and a gamer who will always try to shine a spotlight on indie games before giving AAA titles the time of day. He loves nothing ...