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FIFA 22 packs for pressuring players into making in-game purchases and being misleading about their odds of getting particular rewards.Published yesterday (May 31), the report offers an investigation into “how the gaming industry exploits consumers using loot boxes” and uses two games – FIFA 22 and Raid: Shadow Legends – as case studies embodying the industry’s “manipulative” practices regarding loot boxes.The NCC says the practice often involves “targeting loot boxes and manipulative practices at kids” and using “layers of virtual currencies to mask or distort real-world monetary costs”.The report goes on to identify FIFA 22 as a case study for this behaviour, and accuses developer EA of employing “a wide arsenal of tricks to push consumers into spending as much time and money as possible exploiting consumers hope to receive the reward despite a miniscule chance and likelihood to do so.”FIFA 22 allegedly markets its packs by aggressively trying to trigger players’ fear of missing out, and the report claims EA’s transparency mechanics are “meaningless probability disclaimers” that do not actually tell players the specific probability of getting desired 90+ rated cards.Going on, the NCC claim that even when players get their desired reward from a pack, they rarely stay valuable due to “power creep over the FIFA gameplay cycle” that slowly introduces stronger and stronger cards.“This creates a continuous gameplay loop, where players are continuously encouraged to open packs in the hope of obtaining upgraded cards to keep up with other players,” condemns the report.It’s also alleged that because FIFA‘s pack probabilities are “dynamically generated”, they “can potentially be manipulated in real time based on any number of

Kevin de Bruyne is the only Manchester City player in the Champions League 2021/22 Team of the Season as Liverpool and Real Madrid dominate the line-up with four and five representatives respectively.

Riot Games has released a new article discussing Valorant‘s map diversity and explaining how it has made improvements to tune it for competitive play.In the new game health article, a member of the competitive team on Valorant, Brian Chang, acknowledged players’ frustration with encountering the same map multiple games in a row, explaining that as a result, “we wanted to make sure that we could improve the diversity of maps played without compromising the health of matchmaking (by influencing things like queue times or match balance).”Chang said that when the game launched, map selection was “truly as random as it could be” and all maps had an identical chance – 25 per cent – of being chosen regardless of what the players played recently.However, according to new Riot stats, over the course of five games, 26 per cent of players saw the same map three times or more.Fast forward to 2022, Valorant now has seven maps, and feedback from North American players informed Riot Games around March of this year that 67 per cent felt like they were encountering the same map multiple times in a row.With patch 4.04, the developer implemented a more diverse map selection change, so instead of making it a random process, it opted to create a deterministic choice that selects the map that minimizes streaks.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Danielle Drakes, and Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, the groundbreaking 1959 play that shed light on issues of discrimination and racism in American housing, directed by Christopher Michael Richardson.The plays will be performed by the Tour 72’s ensemble of Jordan Essex, Savannah Gomez, Ariya Hawkins, Max Johnson, Melanie A. Lawrence, Lorenzo Miguel, Walter C.A.

Reports on Sunday have linked Manchester City defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis with a move to Burnley next season, with the Clarets potentially appointing former Blues captain Vincent Kompany as manager.

Juventus players, legends and fans alike have flooded Paul Pogba's social media as the excitement grows in Turin about the Frenchman's possible return to the club.

National Lottery players have been urged to check their tickets after one player scooped the £8.5 million Lotto jackpot. This marks the second major win on the game this month, after another winner banked £8.6m on May 11.

Peter Crouch joked about the suspicions of players who contacting Erik ten Hag to wish him well on arrival as Manchester United manager.

Manchester City goalkeeper James Trafford has been rewarded for his fine form on loan at Bolton with a debut call-up to the England Under-21 squad.

Hamilton have confirmed Ben Stirling and Ronan Hughes will leave the club when their contracts come to a close this summer.

Jack Grealish might have become one of the standout stars of the Euro 2020, winning a legion of new fans, but the man himself has no problem with being adored. The footballer, 26, is one of three cover stars for the latest issue of The Face, where he was asked about the reaction to his appearance. At the height of the competition, there were odes to Jack’s hair in Vogue as well as being named in several lists of the most handsome footballers, while fans regularly held up signs asking him to marry them or declaring themselves as ‘Mrs Grealish’. Jack admitted: ‘You aren’t going to say it’s a bad thing, are you? I’d much rather be in the list of the top 10 most handsome players than the top 10 ugliest.’The sportsman has also become an ambassador for Gucci, though his obsession with the designer brand began when his dad bought him a Gucci washbag at the age of 16 for making the first team.Jack revealed that he admires fellow Gucci lover Harry Styles’ avant-garde fashion, adding: ‘I like his style. I think it’s cool!‘Everyone is different, people wear different types of clothes and what he wears actually suits him.

Manchester United’s season has ended in typically disappointing fashion as the club moves into Erik ten Hag’s spell as manager.

Ralf Rangnick has confirmed Edinson Cavani will leave Manchester United this month.

UPDATED with WTA, ATP, All England Club statements: Exactly one month ago the All England Club, which puts on Wimbledon, announced that in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine it would not allow Russian or Belarusian players to take part in this year’s event.

An Ayrshire non-league side are still awaiting the outcome of a match which was abandoned after their opponents were reduced to just six players.

Mansfield Town booked their place in the League Two play-off final after overcoming Northampton Town.

There was no room for any of Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United players when he named his all-time best XI.

Sunderland will take on Wycombe Wanderers in the League One play-off final this weekend to decide the final team to make it to the Championship this season to join Wigan Athletic and Rotherham United.

Luke Shaw could return from ankle surgery to play in Manchester United's final game of the season at Crystal Palace.

Gareth Taylor hinted at some key player exits in the summer as Manchester City Women finished their season with a disappointing FA Cup defeat to Chelsea.

Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Thursday, May 12.