Monetization in Warcraft Arclight Rumble: No Loot Boxes or NFTs

In an interview with GamerBraves, Warcraft Arclight Rumble developers made comments regarding the monetization of Blizzard's freshly announced mobile title. According to Art Director Jeremy Collins and Senior Software Engineer Andy Lim, Arclight won't feature loot boxes. GamerBraves Interview with Jeremy Collins and Andy Lim

There’s no loot box mechanics or anything like that in the game. If you want to purchase a unit, you basically scroll down to the bottom of the store, we have various different bundle sizes, you buy a bundle coin and spend it exactly on what you want because it is already in your store and you can buy it right then. So there’s no conjecture on what you’re getting at the end of the day.

This statement directly contradicts the information provided by Warcraft Arclight Rumble's official Google Play Store page that lists "In-game purchases (includes random items)" as one of the items under the «Interactive Elements» category — a clear indicator that the game could feature loot boxes: The interview also states that the developers have confirmed that "there are no NFT or gacha mechanics in the game". In the end, Blizzard wants to create and provide an authentic Warcraft experience for all fans of the franchise. Blizzard content creators like Hearthstone streamer RegisKillbin are positively surprised by the decision to not include gacha-like monetization, something that can even be found in Clash Royale or Hearthstone's Mercenaries, the most recent game mode addition to Blizzard's card game.

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