loot boxes

Shortly prior to the release of the much-maligned Star Wars Battlefront II, an EA representative on Reddit tried to address the concerns players had with the time sink required in the game to unlock new characters that included the predatory real money microtransaction system to reduce that...

Over the past few days the Federal Trade Commission has been holding panels with industry representatives and consumer advocates to discuss the issues with loot boxes and potential solutions to consumer concerns. During one panel, several game companies represented by the Entertainment Software...

According to Variety, the FCC is planning to host a public workshop on the topic of loot boxes in video games later this year. In the letter obtained by Variety, that was sent from commission chairman Joseph Simons to Senator Maggie Hassan, there is no timeline set for a FTC investigation or an...

After a 4 month absence, loot boxes have finally come to Black Ops 4, and players couldn't be happier... Just kidding. Call of Duty fans in the game's subreddits and other communities aren't pleased with the new microtransaction changes, to say the least, and Eurogamer's writeup on the system...

Senator Maggie Hassan asked the US Federal Trade Commission to investigate loot boxes yesterday, and the FTC agreed to do it. The Senator claimed that lootboxes will represent a "$50 billion dollar industry by 2020," and brought up a UK study that correlates loot boxes with "young problem...

Loot boxes have been removed from Forza Motorsport 7. A new Race Shop feature has been added where players can purchase items like Driver Gear, Mod cards, and more with in-game credits. The items available to purchase will refresh every 6 minutes. The latest patch also changes how collisions...

The Australian Environment and Communications Reference Committee (ECRC) has released the results of a survey conducted on 7,000 gamers to see if there is a connection between gambling and loot boxes. The researchers found that loot boxes are psychologically akin to gambling, although they are...

GameRant has an article that confirms there will be no loot boxes in the upcoming Rage 2 title, which I am sure many of us will be a fan of. However, this quote caught my eye. Tim Willits of id Software said, "We have this novel approach: You buy the game and then you play it." Glad someone...

Belgium has declared that loot boxes in some games are "games of chance" and this constitutes illegal gambling. As a result publishers may be subject to fines and imprisonment as specified in the gaming legislation. Three games (Overwatch, FIFA 18, CS:GO) are currently under the gun and must...

The Korea Herald is telling us that loot boxes and how those are dealt with in games is being taken extremely seriously in Korea. Nexon Korea, one of the country's biggest game developers, has been fined nearly $1,000,000US for selling loot boxes in its games. In other news, Nexon Korea has its...

https://archive.fo/DfE8Q You may have noticed that we've been a little quiet on the topic of in-game purchases and loot boxes, but we've been listening. In fact, we've absorbed every tweet, email, Facebook post and singing telegram sent our way, and we've been working to develop a sensible...

Loot box games have drawn all sorts of ire lately, from the fairly innocuous to those that are basically pay-to-win types. State legislators from Hawaii have introduced two bills that would not allow minors, or even your adults under the age of 21 to purchase games with these loot box...

A skin for a sniper rifle in CS:GO has sold for $61,052.63. Why so much? Personally I have no idea, but I'll give you the item specifics. The skin is the "Dragon Lore" skin for the "AWP" sniper rifle. The skin itself ranks among the most expensive skins in the game, but this one is special...

Ubisoft is bringing out 4 new and updated editions of Rainbow Six Siege. But there is a twist aside from the normal "Season Pass." The "Starter Edition" of the game, available starting Feb. 13th for $19.99 (PC Only), has an "Extended time required to unlock Operators." Reading the "Starter...

According to a post by Obsidian over in their forums there will not be any microtransactions or loot boxes in their upcoming RPG. This is something all of use can get behind and it's good to see a company with such a good reputation put this out there right off the bat. I know I'll be buying...

I think that Disney smacked down EA for being too greedy and reflecting poorly on Star Wars. As a result, not only are they addressing their crappy loot box system in Star Wars Battlefront 2, they're addressing the same thing in Need for Speed: Payback as well. I'm not usually a big Disney...

I think this whole loot box issue is just getting spun up. Outside of gamer outrage about loot boxes, now the Minister of Justice in Belgium is saying that loot boxes are nothing more than gambling and he does not want Belgium's children exposed to it. Take your translator. Thanks cageymaru...

Following the beta for Star Wars Battlefront 2, EA received more criticism for how it handles its loot boxes. The company have taken suggestions and plans to change the loot crate system. The biggest tweak are Epic Star Cards not appearing in crates, which would have given players an extra...