News UK games industry agrees to restrict access to loot boxes for under-18s Among 11 principles to mitigate potential harm July 18, 2023 Graham Smith 10 comments
News Australian government cracks down on loot boxes and in-game gambling with new age rating proposals "Such games are not appropriate for children" March 29, 2023 Kaan Serin 11 comments
News The EU vote to take action against loot boxes, gaming addiction and gold-farming Good noises, but time will tell if they amount to anything Jan. 18, 2023 Matt Cox 13 comments
News Assassin’s Creed: Mirage’s 18+ rating leads to online speculation that it’ll include real-money gambling Update: Ubisoft say that the rating was an error Sept. 12, 2022 CJ Wheeler 16 comments
News EA say it's "fair" that players can buy controversial loot boxes in FIFA 23 Publisher says "spending is entirely optional" Aug. 11, 2022 Graham Smith 21 comments
News UK government threatens to legislate on loot boxes if games companies don't step up parental controls "Video games companies and platforms must do more" July 18, 2022 CJ Wheeler 24 comments
News Diablo Immortal won't launch in Belgium and the Netherlands Probably due to their lootbox legislation May 31, 2022 Jay Castello 19 comments
News Lawsuit alleging FIFA 'dynamic difficulty' shenanigans has been dropped Apparently the plaintiffs got to speak with EA engineers March 4, 2021 Alice O'Connor 1 comment
News Epic settle loot box lawsuit by paying virtual money Over loot boxes in Fortnite and Rocket League Feb. 23, 2021 Alice O'Connor 6 comments
News Lawsuit claims Fifa uses dynamic difficulty to sell more loot boxes EA deny this Nov. 12, 2020 Alice O'Connor 14 comments
News UK should regulate loot boxes as gambling, House Of Lords report recommends But will the government listen? July 2, 2020 Alice O'Connor 46 comments
News You can now buy Warhammer 40k stickers for your Counter-Strike guns WAAAGH! May 28, 2020 Alice O'Connor 17 comments
News Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has new Half-Life stickers, pins, and patches Greetings! March 23, 2020 Alice O'Connor
News NHS boss accuses loot boxes of pushing "under the radar" gambling at kids Here we go, again. Jan. 18, 2020 Natalie Clayton 16 comments
News Rocket League's new Blueprints are too expensive, but still better than loot boxes It's progress Dec. 11, 2019 Matt Cox 12 comments
News Rocket League ditches loot boxes and introduces an item shop Crates are out and blueprints are in. Dec. 4, 2019 Lauren Morton 7 comments
News Valve block Counter-Strike loot key reselling to fight money laundering Terrorists lose Oct. 29, 2019 Craig Pearson 17 comments
News Loot boxes should be regulated under gambling laws, Children's Commissioner recommends Yet more pressure Oct. 23, 2019 Alice O'Connor 19 comments
News Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare replaces paid DLC and loot boxes with a Battle Pass Activision... turning over a new leaf? Oct. 18, 2019 Alice O'Connor 6 comments
News Rocket League lays out plans to banish loot boxes while French CS:GO preemptively dodges gambling regulation Boxing match Oct. 2, 2019 Matt Cox 5 comments
News Regulate loot boxes under gambling law, Parliament committee recommends Little patience for industry deflections Sept. 12, 2019 Alice O'Connor 27 comments
News NBA 2K20's loot box-y MyTeam mode even has faux gambling machines That's a bold decision alright Aug. 29, 2019 Alice O'Connor 17 comments
News Apex Legends making Iron Crown event loot system less grubby after breaking promise And another Reddit nontroversy Aug. 19, 2019 Alice O'Connor 19 comments
News Major developers will disclose odds on loot boxes in effort to avoid government regulation Will this keep The Man at bay? Aug. 8, 2019 Alice O'Connor 24 comments
News No more upsetting unboxing as Rocket League loses loot crates Crate expectations Aug. 7, 2019 Craig Pearson 10 comments