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South Korea to mandate 'probability displays' and investigate blockchain games on Apple and Google stores News Oct 18th, 2023

South Korea to mandate 'probability displays' and investigate blockchain games on Apple and Google stores

Probability displays for card games will function similarly to the incumbent reveals of gacha and loot box odds

UK kids are most likely to make in-game purchases, but only 4% spend on loot boxes News Oct 11th, 2023

UK kids are most likely to make in-game purchases, but only 4% spend on loot boxes

Ipsos’ latest report for Video Games Europe finds in-game spending among children is highest in the UK

Google's inconsistent app-store gambling regulations come under fire News Aug 22nd, 2023

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

UK game makers agree to impose new restrictions on loot boxes News Jul 18th, 2023

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

Lawyer claims that game makers don’t comply with loot box label regulations News Apr 3rd, 2023

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

Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days Week that was Mar 24th, 2023

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?

Loot boxes: not gambling, says Canadian judge News Mar 22nd, 2023

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

Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days Week that was Mar 10th, 2023

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…

Austrian Court classifies loot boxes as gambling News Mar 6th, 2023

Austrian Court classifies loot boxes as gambling

The country’s court has issued a fine against Sony in a provisional ruling

2022 In Review – July's Best Bits Feature Dec 31st, 2022

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

Video game legislation isn’t child’s play Comment & Opinion Dec 21st, 2022

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

EU calls for greater player protections in video games News Dec 16th, 2022

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

What does Finland’s lootbox law actually do? News Dec 16th, 2022

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

No more lootboxes. Supercell unveils a new monetisation strategy for Brawl Stars News Dec 13th, 2022

No more lootboxes. Supercell unveils a new monetisation strategy for Brawl Stars

The company is straying away from lootboxes in favour of deterministic rewards

Adopt Me shuts down in Belgium and The Netherlands News Sep 15th, 2022

Adopt Me shuts down in Belgium and The Netherlands

The Roblox game has been banned due to the use of lootboxes

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