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UK House Of Lords Views Loot Boxes As Gambling
The UK’s House of Lords has just published a new report that calls on the Government to reclassify in game loot boxes as gambling. While we’ve all had possibly more pressing matters on our minds...
Exploring the rocky relationship between video games and games of chance
Games of chance have had an increasingly prominent role to play in the recent history of AAA gaming. We’ve seen developers adopt a lenient approach when introducing elements of gambling to our favorit...
Valorant will avoid the loot box quagmire
Riot Games recently held an event at its Los Angeles studio to begin releasing the first concrete information about its upcoming 5v5 team-based shooter, Valorant. During the event, developers were ask...
Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft to Reveal Loot Box Drop Rates
Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft appear to be shuffling away from blind box loot boxes with a commitment to ensure games on their platforms disclose the drop rates from loot boxes in future titles. The v...
Fortnite – Loot Unboxing Changes
The Fortnite team has published a new blog post on the Epic Games site to let players know of the upcoming changes to Save the World’s V-Buck Llamas. Starting in update v7.30, any Llama availabl...
Overwatch – Paid Loot Boxes Disabled For Players in Belgium
Back in April, Belgium’s Gambling Commission had investigated and ruled loot boxes illegal in Overwatch, FIFA 18 and CS: GO. Now Blizzard Community Manager named Vaneras has taken to the Overwa...
The Update to Rule Them All comes to Shadow of War
Middle-Earth Shadows of War is coming out with it’s biggest update yet. While there are numerous things being done in this patch the biggest has to be the removal of the Market and improvements ...
ESRB Will Label Titles With In-Game Purchases
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has announced via Twitter that it will begin assigning a brand-new label, namely, In-Game Purchases. It will appear on boxes (and wherever those games ca...