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Brazil's app store tax takes aim at foreign developers News Jun 1st, 2023

Brazil's app store tax takes aim at foreign developers

New tax laws mean that the Brazilian government gets a bigger slice of the pie, with Apple holding back cash in order to adhere

South Korean regulators approve Activision Blizzard deal News May 31st, 2023

South Korean regulators approve Activision Blizzard deal

The approval puts further pressure on the UK CMA

Google removes “Slavery Simulator” game from Play Store News May 26th, 2023

Google removes “Slavery Simulator” game from Play Store

The app had attracted acute controversy, particularly in Brazil

BattleGrounds Mobile India to be ‘unbanned’ News May 19th, 2023

BattleGrounds Mobile India to be ‘unbanned’

Just as Krafton promised, the PUBG spin-off will once again be “available for download soon”

Major mobile titles not compliant with South-Korean gacha laws News May 18th, 2023

Major mobile titles not compliant with South-Korean gacha laws

Mobile games are part of a list of 16 titles not compliant with voluntary guidelines

The UK CMA place blanket ban on investment between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard News May 12th, 2023

The UK CMA place blanket ban on investment between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard

It just gets worse. Now the two giants will not even be able to “acquire an interest” in one another

Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days Feature Apr 28th, 2023

Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days

The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news and discuss Apple's 'win' over Epic, all that AquiBlizz action and Scopely's stumble to victory

Bobby Kotick and Brad Smith defiant after CMA ruling News Apr 28th, 2023

Bobby Kotick and Brad Smith defiant after CMA ruling

The bosses of both Activision Blizzard and Microsoft have hit back harshly at regulators who've blocked their deal

Sony claims CMA narrowing scope of Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard is “irrational” News Apr 6th, 2023

Sony claims CMA narrowing scope of Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard is “irrational”

The tech giant has been one of the deal’s biggest opponents

TikTok fined £12.7 million for mishandling of children’s data News Apr 5th, 2023

TikTok fined £12.7 million for mishandling of children’s data

The social media giant has fallen foul of the UK’s data protection laws

Consumers were exposed to $5.4 billion in app fraud during 2022 News Apr 4th, 2023

Consumers were exposed to $5.4 billion in app fraud during 2022

Games saw six times fewer levels of fraud compared to other apps

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

Krafton confident that BGMI will be 'unbanned' News Feb 10th, 2023

Krafton confident that BGMI will be 'unbanned'

The ban severely burned Krafton’s bottom line in mobile battle royale games

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

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