Microtransactions cause a disturbance in the force

Jonathan Garcia jgarcia@foghornnews.com TV production major Lennon Mendiola eagerly anticipated the release of “Star Wars Battlefront II,” but that changed when the loot box/microtransactions system broke the news. Mendiola has been a fan of the original “Star Wars Battlefront” series developed by Pandemic Studios and it was a huge disappointment after EA Games introduced loot boxes in the game, giving gamers an unfair advantage if they purchase them with real money. “After hearing all this stuff, I stopped paying my pre-order because I wanted to almost take it back,” he said. The news of the controversy came as a letdown…