EA Dragged To Court Over Loot Box Controversy
The UK government isn’t the only institution drawing new attention to whether or not loot boxes such as those offered by video games giant EA’s Ultimate Team Packs constitute real-money gambling. A class action lawsuit claimin...Read More
UK To Call On Evidence Regarding Loot Boxes
Discussions focused on the controversial nature of loot boxes are on the rise again. The UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has said that it will what is expected to be within the week, launch a call for evidenc...Read More
Loot Boxes Are (Finally) A Dying Breed
The loot box controversy has been making waves for quite some time now. But whilst product owners like EA have been defending loot boxes (loot, loot crates) tooth and nail, some others are very clearly beginning to move away from the pay-...Read More
UK MPs Have Their Damning Say On Loot Boxes
A few days ago UK MPs took time off and away from Brexit discussions and fixed their collective gaze on a different topic, albeit one nearly as controversial. Loot boxes and whether or not they constitute gambling has been a hot topic of...Read More
Sony & Microsoft Enforce Loot Box Changes
The loot box controversy has been raging on for what feels like years and years. And those governments who have been tirelessly trying to make sense of it all and also limit the effects of loot boxes in terms of a possible gambling-relat...Read More
EA Compares Loot Boxes To Kinder Eggs
EA Vice President of Legal, Kerry Hopkins, has defended loot boxes by drawing a comparison with Kinder Eggs; the chocolate eggs with the hidden toy in the center. Hopkins recently, along with a number of representatives from other role-pl...Read More
Google Deals Loot Boxes Another Blow
The ongoing controversy surrounding loot boxes isn’t showing signs of dying down any time soon. The latest blow to be dealt to the in-game purchase of “undisclosed” assets has come from the ranks of none other than Alpha...Read More
Nintendo Pulls Two Games From Belgian Market
Up until recently, games giant Nintendo had two soldiers fighting in Belgium’s loot box war. But according to a recent statement, the company has made the decision to recall Fire Emblem Heroes and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp in ord...Read More
The Loot Box Controversy Rages On
The control of in-game spending lies with parents and not with children. This is one of the arguments offered by the global video industry’s Entertainment Software Association as part of its loot box defence, and why loot boxes, in ...Read More
NY Senate Passes Pro-Minor Bingo Law
A game of Bingo isn’t exactly what one would refer to as a typical gamble. But, and for good reason, it does classify as gambling because, much like the Lottery, winning is exclusively dependent on the luck of a typical draw. Which ...Read More
EA Releases FIFA 19 Loot Box Odds
Loot boxes in video games are a hot topic around the world. The arguments are on going about whether or not they should be classified as gambling, with staunch supporters on both sides. Up until very recently, Ele...Read More
Global Regulators Clamp Down on Loot Boxes
Gaming firms have been seeking out increasingly creative ways of earning extra cash from gamers over the past couple of years, and now, they have turned their sights to video games to achieve this. The sector’s latest trend is the ...Read More
Belgium Investigates EA for Loot Box Saga
The government of Belgium is reportedly conducting a criminal investigation on popular video game developer Electronic Arts (EA). The probe stems from the fact that EA has continued to offer loot boxes in its games FIFA 18 and FIFA 19, de...Read More