Though it may seem like we just had a big life sim release in Heartopia, 2026 actually has more than one highly-anticipated release in that particular subgenre of cozy game. The next big one on the ...

In Arknights: Endfield, the gacha and pity systems are core elements of the experience, as with any other gacha game. The character and weapon gachas (called "headhunting" in-game) are how you obtain ...

Remember the feeling when you put in a token at a machine in your local arcade, watching as a mechanical claw grabs a random prize out of a pool of them that’s yours for the taking? If you said yes, ...

HoYoverse, the developers and publishers of popular gacha games like Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail, and more, have announced their latest game. Meet Petit Planet, a cozy farming and settlement game ...

A spiritual successor to coin-operated gachapon machines, the best gacha games take the joy of capsule toys and translate them into a live-service videogame format where players wish on banners to ...

Gacha games can be quite entertaining options for players who don’t have the time, money, or energy to dive into more time-intensive AAA titles. That’s not to say that many of the best gacha games do ...

In today’s post-Genshin gaming sphere, the gacha game genre has become incredibly saturated with new titles, many of which are of exceptionally high quality, even when compared to other AAA games ...

Aleksandra began her adventure with games with… adventure games. As a child, she played the same titles over and over again, which were available on CDs included with magazines sold at newsstands.

Matthew is a journalist in the news department at GameRant. He holds a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University and has been an avid gamer since 1985. Matthew formerly served as a ...

The Game Awards have now all been handed out at a rapid-fire pace, and if there’s one thing that this year cemented, gacha rules the Geoff Keighley roost. Between the mobile awards being dominated by ...