The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ruled that HoYoverse, the developer of Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, and Zenless Zone Zero, is to pay a fine of $20 million USD to settle charges.

Genshin Impact publisher Cognosphere (which is also called Hoyoverse) is settling a United States Federal Trade Commission lawsuit over selling loot boxes to players under the age of 16.

UPDATE 20/01/25: Cognosphere, the distributor of Genshin Impact, has officially responded to the FTC's complaint, stating it believes the allegations are "inaccurate" but it agreed to the ...

Genshin Impact developer Cognosphere (aka Hoyoverse) has agreed to a $20 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its gacha loot box monetization and is now banned from ...

Some of the allegations FTC put forward in their report included aggressively marketing the game to minors and obtaining ...

"Genshin Impact deceived children, teens, and other players into spending hundreds of dollars on prizes they stood little chance of winning," said Samuel Levine, director of the FTC’s Bureau of ...

Now, Genshin Impact's parent company, HoYoverse, may have to send some of that money back to players following a settlement with Federal Trade Commission. According to Bloomberg, the FTC is near ...

Genshin Impact distributor Cognosphere has agreed to pay $20 million to settle charges made by the US Federal Trade Commission. In a complaint filed on January 17, 2025, in the United States ...

Genshin Impact maker Cognosphere – which conducts business as HoYoverse – has agreed to pay a $20 million fine to the Federal ...

The FTC’s intervention is about to change this game in a big way. Cognosphere has lost their legal battle against the US FTC and has agreed to a settlement over Genshin Impact. The FTC shared a ...

Singapore-based Cognosphere is banned from selling loot boxes to teens under 16 without parental consent. Singapore-based Cognosphere is banned from selling loot boxes to teens under 16 without ...

The FTC has fined Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse for $20 million, alleging that HoYoverse “deceived children, teens, and other players into spending hundreds of dollars on prizes they stood ...