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MapleStory developer Nexon is being hit with a sizable fine by the Korean Fair Trade Commission over what the body says are deceptive loot box practices.

In the video game world, the idea of someone making a name for themselves in the trade and then leaving is almost unheard of. After all, if you “love what you do,” you’re not going to be one to leave it willingly. Just look at Shigeru Miyamoto as an example of that, as he wants to keep doing this until he “falls over.” But for Masahiro Sakurai, the man who helped make Super Smash Bros the great franchise that it is, he has a more nuanced take on things. Albeit, one that ends with him saying he’s still making games.

As we begin 2024, we wanted to highlight some of the most popular items, quests, NPCs and spells on Wowhead's Dragonflight database for 2023! 2023 spanned 3 seasons and a lot of these entries show what players looked up or searched the most on the Retail site! Most of these entries are Dragonflight related, however there's a couple from previous expansions that are still very popular. Professions seemed to take up the most of the awards this year, with Elemental Lariat showing up on two lists!

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Nexon Korea Corp. is facing a fine of 11.6 billion won (around $8.8 million, or £6.9 million) after it allegedly misled its customers by altering the probability structure of ‘Cubes’ in MapleStory, The Korea Economic Daily reports. This stands as the largest-ever fine as a result of an alleged violation of the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce in South Korea.

By Nathan Edwards, a senior reviews editor who's been testing tech since 2007. Previously at Wirecutter and MaximumPC. Current fixations: keyboards, DIY tech, and the smart home.

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Bitcoin struggled to rebound from a precipitous drop which sent the largest cryptocurrency falling as much as 9.22% earlier in the week.

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Korean games giant Nexon has been fined ₩11.6 billion ($8.9 million) by the country's Fair Trade Commission following allegations of misleading players of the MMO MapleStory.

 Intel on Wednesday said it was forming a new independent company around its artificial intelligence software efforts with backing from digital-focused asset manager DigitalBridge Group and other investors. Intel executives would not comment on the value of the deal or whether it would retain a majority stake in the new venture, other than to say the firm would have an independent board of directors and the chipmaker would remain a shareholder.

A report from the Korean Economic Daily says Nexon has been slapped with a fine of ₩11.6 billion ($8.85 million) by Korea's Fair Trade Commission for changing the drop rates of items in MapleStory and Bubble Fighter «multiple times» between the years 2010 and 2021, without telling anyone that the changes had been made.

The US Government has delayed the imposition of tariffs intended on consumer graphics cards, as they plan on getting more "feedback" from the industry.

The Chinese Communist Party—who had taken aim at free-to-play monetisation schemes just before the holidays—softened its stance. This was after "nearly $80 billion in market value" bled from Tencent (League of Legends) and NetEase (Diablo: Immortal). 

The War Within arrives this year—promising to finally address Battle for Azeroth's biggest dangling plot thread: the giant bloody sword that's sticking out of the planet. We know this because of some subtle hints from the expansion's cinematic trailer, like when the camera pans to the giant bloody sword. The one that's sticking out of the planet.

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Ding, dong, E3 is dead. The Electronic Entertainment Expo has officially been brought to a close by the Entertainment Software Association that organised the show, it has been confirmed.

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As you might've heard, Baldur's Gate 3 took home GOTY Thursday night at The Game Awards 2023, but what you might not have seen amid the celebrations is a new patch for the RPG that dropped right in the middle of the show.

The Cyber Monday sale is finally here and you can buy a huge number of products now available at massive discounts. If you have been looking to switch to Google Pixel smartphones, your time is now. Amazon is offering an amazing discount on Google Pixel 7a. Using this Cyber Monday deal, you can reduce the price of this premium smartphone and get it at a heavily discounted price. Check here to know all about this Cyber Monday deal:

A professional Pokemon player has admitted that, in his estimation, 80-90% of competitors are using hacked 'mons.

Star Wars: The Old Republic has opened up its Public Test Server to 7.4 testing, and this week's test will include the changes coming to the Galactic Trade Network.

When it comes to international trade and investment, AI will create some obvious winners and losers. It's the second-order effects that may prove more interesting.

Rocket League is one of the weirdest games that have become massively popular in the last few years. Who would've thought that combining arcade-style football with vehicular mayhem could be the recipe for success? It seems like Epic Games did. In the game, players can choose from a multitude of crafted vehicles such as high Octane, Dominus, and Marauder, while there are real-life vehicles to choose from as well, among the likes of Porsche 911 Turbo, Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R, Ferrari 296 GTB. There's even a Batmobile! Players can trade in-game items with their friends such as import cars, blueprints, post-game drops, Rocket Pass items, and more.

Retribution Paladins received a massive rework in Patch 10.0.7, but have seen fewer adjustments to address the follow-up issues that have become more apparent over the course of the expansion. Our Retribution Writer, Bolas, discusses what issues have arisen since the rework and how the spec might perform in 10.2. Retribution Paladin Guide

If you're based in the US and you're in the market for a new GPU, Newegg has a GPU trade-in program that might be of interest to you. It's a way to grab yourself a credit towards a new card, with the additional benefit of reducing electronic waste. Well, on paper anyway. It's not like your 'old' RTX 30-series graphics card can really be considered e-waste.

By Nathan Edwards, a senior reviews editor who's been testing tech since 2007. Previously at Wirecutter and MaximumPC. Current fixations: keyboards, DIY tech, and the smart home.

Got some old graphics cards lying around? Newegg today launched a GPU-focused trade-in program that will let people swap older cards for credit toward the purchase of a new GPU.

Boss weapons and rare amulets can only be crafted in after you find the location of a treasure hunter whom you can trade Rare Ergo for these powerful items. However, lying to the hunter NPC the first time you meet them might make it hard to craft this gear. You may have to track down the hunter a second time to finally give away your collected Ergo for some of the game's best tools.

The Trade Authority is a major chain of vendors found throughout the Settled Systems of . They are infamous for their open trade policy. They'll take anything you have to sell, including contraband. You can find both official Trade Authority shops and smaller kiosks in the major towns and settlements of .

Redeeming trade codes to acquire specific Pokémon has always been a practice that many players indulge in while playing any of the mainstream Pokémon games, and this is also the case with Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Fortunately, we already have a plethora of codes available for the recently released Generation IX games that players can utilize.

In this week's PTR build, we believe we've discovered the mechanism by which players will be able to trade up lower tier crests into higher level versions, using new consumables containing 15 Wyrms, Drakes, or Aspects Crests used for upgrading gear in Dragonflight Patch 10.2. Each bag contains 15 crests, which under the new system is enough for one upgrade (e.g. from Hero 1/6 -> Hero 2/6). Alongside several other changes to the Upgrade system, Blizzard already confirmed that players would be able to trade crests up into higher tiered versions in Patch 10.2, with a minimum item level requirement for each bracket — essentially the point at which the previous crest would no longer be useful. However, we don't yet know what other restrictions there may be, or the exact conversion price from one tier to the next. That said, being able to trade up at all is still a great change that allows lower tier activities to still be rewarding and contribute to reducing the amount of higher end activities that a player needs to farm.

The Starfield Trade Authority will prove a useful ally to you and your crew throughout your intergalactic adventures.

Starting this week, Colorado residents can apply to get $6,000 for trading in their gas-powered vehicles for an electric vehicle.

The Epic Games Store is taking another approach to combating Steam, as Epic today announced a new opt-in First Run Program that will trade the company's share of revenues for the first six months of release in exchange for exclusivity.

The player often blamed for Diablo 4's recent trading shutdown says they aren't responsible.

Apple Inc.'s suit alleging startup Rivos Inc. poached its engineers to steal trade secrets used to develop its homegrown chip designs can move forward against some of the workers, a federal judge in California ruled Friday.

Blizzard has confirmed that trade functionality in Diablo 4 is still unavailable and under review after today's 1.1.2 Patch.

If you want to trade while playing Fire Force Online, you must learn and upgrade a few choice abilities. Getting to that point is a bit of a task if you’re just booting FFO for the first time. To get started, you’ll need to farm a few different currencies, some of which may not be available to you yet. Trading is a great mechanic for those of you on Fire Force Online who want to specialize in a particular build.

Here's a thing about Baldur's Gate 3 you might not know if you haven't played previous Larian games. On the left-hand side of the dialogue screen there's a row of icons, shortcuts that let you read back over the conversation, attack whoever you're talking to, or switch to another character who isn't in the conversation so they can get into position to attack whoever you're talking to. (Or pinch all the stuff behind them while they're distracted by whoever's doing the talking.) Sometimes, one of those icons is «trade».

Blizzard has released prelimiary patch notes for Patch 1.1.2, including bug fixes and placing players in the Trade chat channel by default!

The number of employees working on video games in Italy in 2022 was 50% higher than that in 2021.

UK video game trade body Ukie has launched a new campaign designed to help parents make sure their children are playing games safely and responsibly.

Tech industry leaders such as NVIDIA & Intel are now lobbying with the US government in an attempt to ease the intensity of trade sanctions and curbs placed on China.

Ah, the 1980s. We all remember them. (Note: I was born in 1992.) Those days where you could just spend the day making it big on the stock market, before heading out into town to bet on horses, try your luck at pachinko and take it easy to a soundtrack of smooth city pop. Well, I’m guessing that’s what it was like anyway - and given how chill retro life stocks-slash-life sim STONKS-9800 makes it all seem, I’m happy enough to bathe in virtual nostalgia.