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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

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

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

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

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

Take-Two faces class-action lawsuit over loot boxes News Mar 9th, 2022

Take-Two faces class-action lawsuit over loot boxes

Claimant seeks $5 million in damages

Australian MP to put forward bill proscribing loot boxes in video games News Jul 14th, 2021

Australian MP to put forward bill proscribing loot boxes in video games

The bill proposes games containing loot boxes are rated R18+

UK charity GambleAware claims loot boxes "akin to gambling" News Apr 8th, 2021

UK charity GambleAware claims loot boxes "akin to gambling"

Causation or correlation?

Brazil considers whether to make loot boxes illegal News Apr 7th, 2021

Brazil considers whether to make loot boxes illegal

Could define them as gambling

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