Loot boxes have proved rather resilient in the face of attempts by the EU authorities to regulate them through gambling legislation. In the countries that classified loot boxed as a gambling mechanic, such as Belgium and the…
Last Friday, a proposed class action lawsuit was filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. It alleges that Apple allows games with loot boxes on the App Store, a mechanic that…
In the USA and Canada, a special designation has been introduced for games with loot boxes. Prior to this, all games with IAP, including those containing loot boxes, had the same in-game purchase notification.
The French version of CS: GO now has an X-ray feature that allows users to scan loot boxes and see their contents before making a purchase. You would think Valve is making the lootbox mechanic…
Several publisher have recently committed to disclosing odds on loot boxes. Epic Games follows suit and confirms its plans to make it a transparent mechanic.
