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Nov 11, 2026

  1. Prosperous Universe's Orchestration Update Adds Customizable Shipping Routes, a News Option & More
    Prosperous Universe, a player-driven economy sim, adds customizable shipping routes that could reshape logistics and trade flows across its player market.
    MMORPG.com · Virtual Economies
  2. Magic: The Gathering scalpers are selling Burger King x MTG deck boxes and card sleeves for hundreds of dollars
    Scalpers flipping Burger King x Magic: The Gathering merch for hundreds of dollars within 24 hours shows secondary-market demand for collectible tie-ins.
    Dexerto · Virtual Economies
  3. Blizzard Can't Stop Tweaking WoW: Forever and It's Only Been 6 Days
    Blizzard's early WoW: Forever hotfixes adjust quest gold rewards, directly tuning currency inflows in the new game economy.
    Polygon · Virtual Economies
  4. WoW Forever reduces auction house listing costs and adds more gold to high-level quests
    WoW Forever cut auction house listing costs and raised high-level quest gold, rebalancing currency sinks and faucets one week after launch.
    Massively Overpowered · Virtual Economies
  5. BitCraft Online Leaves Early Access and Launches 1.0 on Friday, With a Fresh World Set to Open
    BitCraft Online's 1.0 launch opens a fresh world where all players start from scratch, resetting its player-driven economy alongside the Early Access world.
    MMORPG.com · Virtual Economies
  6. Lootboxes, pay-to-win, virtual currencies and other blights unto gaming face heavy regulation as the EU tables new Digital Fairness Act
    The proposed EU act would regulate virtual currencies, loot boxes and pay-to-win systems, directly hitting in-game economy design.
    Rock Paper Shotgun · Virtual Economies
  7. WoW: Forever to add extra gold to high-level quests, since it turns out you don't get extra cash at 60
    WoW: Forever is adding gold to high-level quest rewards, a direct adjustment to its in-game currency supply.
    PC Gamer · Virtual Economies
  8. What the Digital Fairness Act means for the games industry
    If adopted, the Digital Fairness Act would heavily affect games, especially virtual currency systems.
    GamesIndustry.biz · Virtual Economies
  9. 19.12.0 Release Notes
    Entropia Universe 19.12.0 adds four constructible plot homes and a Calypso newcomer mission chain, affecting housing demand and onboarding in its real-cash economy.
    Entropia Universe (official news) · Virtual Economies

Nov 10, 2026

  1. Brighter Shores’ latest world event encourages players to bid on items at Hammerstrike Hall for goodies
    Brighter Shores' world event uses its auction house as a bidding sink for rewards.
    Massively Overpowered · Virtual Economies
  2. Star Citizen unveils the RSI Galaxy multi-role ship ahead of Friday’s IAE free-fly event
    Star Citizen's new RSI Galaxy ship ahead of IAE continues CIG's ship-sale funding model.
    Massively Overpowered · Virtual Economies
  3. RuneScape Adds Ghrazi Blood Knights Solo Mode, Shares Mechanics Changes & Drop Rates
    Jagex paired a new RuneScape boss with drop-rate disclosures and updates on microtransaction removals, affecting the game's item economy and monetisation.
    MMORPG.com · Virtual Economies

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