lootboxes

Last week, a big update to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 reportedly introduced a distasteful loot box system into the game. But, after facing massive backlash on social media, Treyarch seems to have rolled back some of those changes over the weekend. On the game's subreddit, Treyarch notes that the...

The legality of lootboxes has been brought into question in recent years, and legislators around the world are starting to tackle it. While the UK Gambling Commission previously said that lootboxes aren't a problem, a report released last week led some media outlets to believe that the...

Pete Hines, the vice president of Bethesda Softworks, told Gamespot that Fallout 76 is trying to stay "on the right side of the line" when it comes to microtransactions and post-release content. According to Hines, Fallout 76's microtransactions will be limited to cosmetic items that don't...

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At the 2018 Gambling Regulators European Forum, 15 European countries, along with Washington State, signed an agreement to "work together to address the risks created by the blurring of lines between gaming and gambling." The focus of the agreement is to crack down on illegal 3rd party gambling...