Loot Box Laws South Korea to mandate 'probability displays' and investigate blockchain games on Apple and Google stores
Parental Perception UK kids are most likely to make in-game purchases, but only 4% spend on loot boxes
August 22, 2023 Gambling Games Google's inconsistent app-store gambling regulations come under fire Mobile game Luck be a Landlord has been banned in 13 countries, and its developer isn't happy
July 18, 2023 Loot Boxes UK game makers agree to impose new restrictions on loot boxes The controversial game mechanic has been the topic of increasing scrutiny in recent years
April 3, 2023 Loot Boxes Lawyer claims that game makers don’t comply with loot box label regulations An academic paper found that 71 of 100 Google Play games downloaded weren’t labelled correctly
March 24, 2023 Views Week Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news and discuss artificial intelligence, gambling and… fishing?
March 22, 2023 Loot Box Lawsuit Loot boxes: not gambling, says Canadian judge But by allowing the rest of the class action suit to continue, Electronic Arts aren’t out of the woods yet
March 10, 2023 Views Week Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news and discuss loot boxes, mobile moves and giant slaying…
March 6, 2023 Loot Boxes Austrian Court classifies loot boxes as gambling The country’s court has issued a fine against Sony in a provisional ruling
December 31, 2022 2022 Highlights 2022 In Review – July's Best Bits As the year draws to a close, we take a look back with our pick of the stories that shaped the last twelve months. It's time for July
December 21, 2022 Legislation Video game legislation isn’t child’s play Legislation around loot boxes and video game addiction all broadly target younger people, but consideration needs to be given to the much larger, older audience too
December 16, 2022 Legislation EU calls for greater player protections in video games As part of a number of recent announcements and initiatives, the EU consumer protection committee has called for controls on loot boxes and increased player protection
December 16, 2022 Regulation What does Finland’s lootbox law actually do? Loot Boxes may fallen out of vogue as a target of gamer and regulator ire, but their control and restriction is still being debated by regulators
December 13, 2022 Mobile Monetisation No more lootboxes. Supercell unveils a new monetisation strategy for Brawl Stars The company is straying away from lootboxes in favour of deterministic rewards
September 15, 2022 Adopting Trouble Adopt Me shuts down in Belgium and The Netherlands The Roblox game has been banned due to the use of lootboxes
July 18, 2022 Government Clamps Down On Loot Boxes UK government demands games industry reevaluate loot boxes The government stopped short of a crackdown
July 4, 2022 Gaming Or Gambling Six parties in the Netherlands seek a new loot box ban The motion claims loot boxes are a "form of gambling" that could disrupt families
May 30, 2022 Hot Five Hot Five: Mobile to exceed 60% of games industry, Diablo Immortal won't be released in Belgium, the Netherlands, and EA pursues merger with Apple, Amazon, Disney, NBC The hottest news articles on PG.biz
May 26, 2022 Loot Box Lull Activision Blizzard is not releasing Diablo Immortal in Belgium and the Netherlands Both countries have banned loot boxes in games via gambling laws
March 10, 2022 Reversing A Ruling EA’s $11 million fine over loot boxes overturned As ruled by the Dutch Administrative Jurisdiction Division
March 9, 2022 Loot Box Lawsuit Take-Two faces class-action lawsuit over loot boxes Claimant seeks $5 million in damages
July 14, 2021 Rolling The Dice Australian MP to put forward bill proscribing loot boxes in video games The bill proposes games containing loot boxes are rated R18+
May 6, 2021 All About Context Data: Why mobile and console players like loot boxes but PC gamers don't PickFu co-founder John Li asks the questions
April 8, 2021 Lotta Loot UK charity GambleAware claims loot boxes "akin to gambling" Causation or correlation?
April 7, 2021 A Lot Of Loot Brazil considers whether to make loot boxes illegal Could define them as gambling
March 8, 2021 Lotta Loot Games with loot boxes might be given automatic 18 rating in Germany This is the result of changes to the country's youth protection laws
March 4, 2021 Not So Difficult 'Dynamic Difficulty' class-action lawsuit against EA gets dropped Publishing giant apparently showed the legal team "detailed technical information" to show this tech isn't in use
January 8, 2021 A Lot Of Loot EA vet Moore says FIFA Ultimate Team isn't gambling, but understands scrutiny Former exec says that his personal view is loot boxes are a "long way" from gambling
December 23, 2020 Loot Boxes Report: 31% of young gamers don't know how much they spend on loot boxes "We are calling for parents to be aware of the risks of loot boxes when buying presents this Christmas"
November 12, 2020 Loot Boxes EA is facing another loot box class-action lawsuit Publishing giant says it is "baseless"
October 29, 2020 A Lot Of Loot Netherlands Gambling Authority charges EA $5.86m over FIFA loot boxes But the publishing giant plans to appeal the decision
October 21, 2020 Loot Boxes EA faces Canadian class action lawsuit over loot boxes Publisher facing legal action over its implementation of the business model
September 29, 2020 Red Carded Update: EA removes monetisation ad from kids magazine Encouraged the purchase of FIFA Points
September 23, 2020 Opinion Tick Boxes UK's call for views over loot boxes and gambling Consultation runs until 22 November
September 15, 2020 "dominant" PGC Helsinki Digital: Loot boxes are still the "number one monetisation method used in core games" globally on mobile App Annie senior insights market manager Lexi Sydow confirmed this during a Superstar Session
August 18, 2020 See You In Court EA faces lawsuit over Ultimate Team loot boxes Firm facing a class-action lawsuit in California
July 28, 2020 A Lot Of Loot Report: EU should treat loot boxes as a consumer protection matter rather than gambling Research says that parental controls should be easier to understand
July 2, 2020 Gambling The UK's House of Lords calls for loot boxes to face gambling regulations DCMS first investigated the issue last year
June 16, 2020 Loot Boxes Apple is being sued for having games with loot boxes on the App Store "A large percentage of Apple's revenues from App Store games come from the in-game purchases"
June 8, 2020 Loot Boxes The UK government is asking for evidence to determine if loot boxes are a form of gambling Concerns are rising over child gambling addiction
April 14, 2020 Surprise Mechanics ESRB to flag random loot mechanics in games Follows the introduction of in-game purchases more than two years ago
March 9, 2020 Restrictions A parlimentary committee in Australia is calling for loot box restrictions One of six recommendations
January 22, 2020 Loot Boxes NHS mental health director urges game developers to ban loot boxes “Frankly no company should be setting kids up for addiction"
December 23, 2019 Loot Boxes Royal Society for Public Health urges new UK Government to legislate loot boxes as gambling "As with any public health issue, this is one that requires a combination of measures focusing on both education and regulation"
December 3, 2019 Making The Case Taking the gamble out of gaming Kamagames on why social casino isn’t gambling
September 13, 2019 Loot Boxing PEGI, TIGA and ESA weigh in on DCMS loot box recommendation UK trade bodies are keeping it cool
September 12, 2019 What's In The Box? Loot boxes should be classed as gambling says UK committee of MPs MPs demand a change to the law
August 9, 2019 Cool Epic to disclose loot box odds following ESA pledge Meanwhile, THQ Nordic refuses to put name to list of publishers as it says it has no plans to use this business model