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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

UK government demands games industry reevaluate loot boxes Special Report Jul 18th, 2022

UK government demands games industry reevaluate loot boxes

The government stopped short of a crackdown

Six parties in the Netherlands seek a new loot box ban News Jul 4th, 2022

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

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 Hot Five May 30th, 2022

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

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Activision Blizzard is not releasing Diablo Immortal in Belgium and the Netherlands News May 26th, 2022

Activision Blizzard is not releasing Diablo Immortal in Belgium and the Netherlands

Both countries have banned loot boxes in games via gambling laws

EA’s $11 million fine over loot boxes overturned News Mar 10th, 2022

EA’s $11 million fine over loot boxes overturned

As ruled by the Dutch Administrative Jurisdiction Division

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