The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined Cognosphere, the publisher behind popular games like Genshin Impact, $20 million ...

The FTC says "Genshin Impact deceived children, teens, and other players into spending hundreds of dollars on prizes they ...

Genshin Impact distributor Cognosphere has agreed to pay $20 million to settle charges made by the US Federal Trade ...

The Federal Trade Commission announced on Friday that Genshin Impact developer Cognosphere has agreed to a $20 million ...

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

“Genshin Impact deceived children, teens, and other players into spending hundreds of dollars on prizes they stood little ...

The company will pay, and make changes to its disclosures ...

Update: Cognosphere confirms it has reached a settlement with the FTC, plans new restrictions on Genshin Impact loot box ...

Singapore-based Cognosphere mishandled data it collected on children who played the game by improperly sharing it with others, including advertisers, in violation of US law, the FTC alleged.

HoYoverse, publisher of the popular gacha game Genshin Impact, has agreed to pay a $20 million fine and change its marketing ...

Singapore-based Cognosphere was accused of unfairly marketing loot boxes to children. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Although Cognosphere has accepted the fine, it says that "many of the FTC's allegations are inaccurate." A complaint filed by the US Department of Justice alleged that Cognosphere—operated as ...