Last week ComiXology, a digital comic books distribution platform, made some changes in the way they do business. They uploaded a new app to the Apple App Store to replace the app that they have had up for some time. The changes that were made were not minimal. They stripped out the in app purchase (IAP) system that they had been using and put in a cloud syncing option so that users could log in to the Comixology.com website to make purchases and then sync them to the app. Unsurprisingly, some people were upset.
ESRB to label physical video games with loot boxes and in-game purchases, launches resource site
In conjunction with the new labelling, the ESRB has also launched ParentTools.org to help parents make sense of ESRB ratings, set parental controls, and more.