Friday, 17 January 2025 00:40

Genshin Impact Hit With Massive Fine Over Gacha

Written by Sarah Fields
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Genshin Impact publisher HoYoverse must pay a massive fine to the US FTC due to allegedly misleading gacha and how minors' data was handled.

Genshin Impact publisher HoYoverse has settled with the US Federal Trade Commission, with the game publisher being hit with a massive $20 million fine. The fine is due to the way the game's gacha works, as well as its handling of minors' data, with the US federal government accusing Genshin Impact of deceiving its players, particularly children and teens, into spending real money when the odds of gaining what was wanted were very low.

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