EA CEO: We’re ‘pushing forward’ with loot boxes despite regulation
Belgium and the Netherlands have ruled that many loot boxes in games like FIFA Ultimate Team are equivalent to gambling and in violation of their...
Pandora’s loot box: the legal ramifications of microtransactions game makers
The landscape surrounding microtransactions in video games continues to evolve at a pace outstripping the law’s ability to keep up. Just months after enduring public...
Apple stops Nintendo, Square Enix iOS game updates after tightening loot box rules
Mobile games like Nintendo’s Fire Emblem Heroes and Square Enix’s Final Fantasy Brave Exvius aren’t pushing out updates as expected on iOS devices today....
ESRB’s loot box warning label is about placating politicians
The Entertainment Software Ratings Board revealed a new form of self-regulation for video games today. In the “near future,” the ESRB will assign a...
Games industry pros take first step toward lootbox regulation — without the government
A handful of gaming industry professionals have announced the formation of the National Committee for Games Policy to influence government regulation of the industry....
Belgium pushes to ban loot boxes in Europe
Belgium’s Gaming Commission is still determining whether loot boxes in gaming are gambling, but the country’s minister of justice Koen Geens is already saying...
Yes, loot boxes and card packs reek of gambling
Loot boxes are inescapable now. You will no doubt have encountered them already, as they are seemingly compulsory in every major new game. Perhaps you’ve opened some Hearthstone packs, which bristle with magic and static electricity as their contents is revealed.
DICE changes how Star Wars: Battlefront II’s loot boxes work
Electronic Arts and DICE are making some changes to how loot boxes and progression work in Star Wars: Battlefront II. This comes after a...
Overwatch players want their dang parrot
The healing sniper Ana in Blizzard‘s class-based team shooter Overwatch got a new pirate-themed skin as part of this year’s Halloween event, but some...
Single-player is the vestigial limb of publishers that had to adapt or die
At some point last century, someone at the U.S. Department of Defense plugged a network cable into a computer. Cut to a few decades...