Gacha Explained
Limited vs Standard Banners: How Gacha Banners Work
Standard, limited, weapon and beginner banners explained, plus banner phases, reruns and why timers create pressure in gacha games.
Mika Hollis
Mika Hollis is the pen name of the small independent editorial team behind Loot Cache News.
Play Smart
Parental Controls for Gacha Games on PC, PlayStation and Xbox
Purchase limits, approval requests and play-time controls on PlayStation, Xbox, Steam and Epic, explained for parents of gacha game players.
Play Smart
Gacha Game Age Ratings Explained: ESRB, PEGI and In-Game Purchase Labels
How ESRB and PEGI rate gacha games like Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, what the random-items label means, and PEGI's 2026 rule changes.
Play Smart
How to Set a Spending Limit for Gacha Games (Including Zero)
Decide a monthly cap in advance (zero counts), use platform spending tools, track what you spend and recognize warning signs in gacha games.
Gacha Explained
Gacha Drop Rates Explained: What a 0.6% Rate Really Means
Base rates, consolidated rates, why pulls have no memory, and expected versus worst-case pull counts, explained with simple probability.
Game Guides
Wuthering Waves Beginner’s Guide: Rover, Resonators and Open-World Basics
Rover, Resonators, Union Level, SOL3 Phase, Waveplates, traversal, parries and Echoes: the essentials for new Wuthering Waves players.
Game Guides
Zenless Zone Zero Beginner’s Guide: New Eridu, Hollows and Agents
New Eridu, the Proxy siblings, Hollows, action combat, Inter-Knot Level and Battery Charge: a plain guide to starting Zenless Zone Zero.
Game Guides
Honkai: Star Rail Beginner’s Guide: Turn-Based Gacha Basics
Premise, turn-based combat, Trailblaze and Equilibrium Levels, Trailblaze Power and the Departure Warp: what new Honkai: Star Rail players should know.
Game Guides
Genshin Impact Beginner’s Guide: What to Know Before You Start
Platforms, ratings, Adventure Rank, World Level, elements, Original Resin and what to focus on in your first weeks of Genshin Impact.
Gacha Explained
Pity Systems Explained: Soft Pity, Hard Pity and Guarantees
What pity means in gacha games, how hard pity, soft pity and guarantees work, and why pity is best used as a budgeting ceiling rather than a goal.