Tag Archives: Loot Box

A couple of years ago, the UK government revealed plans to take a closer look at the games industry and loot box practices, which many have argued should fall under gambling regulations. The UK won't be doing anything at this time, but it has warned that game publishers should take …

We've seen a lot of lawsuits levied against game publishers over loot boxes over the years, although sports games tend to get a pass. With the exception of FIFA Ultimate Team, few have attempted to sue other sports game publishers over loot boxes, but that is beginning to change. Now, …

For a little while now, Epic Games has been facing a class-action lawsuit over loot boxes sold in Rocket League and Fortnite. This week, a settlement agreement was reached, which will see Epic Games providing in-game currency. The lawsuit was filed after Epic Games removed randomised loot boxes from Rocket …

EA is no stranger to lawsuits, particularly in the wake of the Battlefront II loot box controversy. Since then, folks have been taking a harder look at FIFA Ultimate Team, one of EA's biggest sources of income each quarter. The latest class-action lawsuit claims EA uses Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment to …

Earlier this week, the Dutch Gaming Authority announced plans to fine EA millions of dollars for its inclusion of “addictive gaming elements” in FIFA in The Netherlands. EA previously threw in the towel and removed the ability to buy FIFA points when it ran into this problem in Belgium, but …

The Dutch Gaming Authority has officially fined EA and demanded that the publisher remove “addictive gaming elements” from its FIFA games. As you would expect, this concerns FIFA Ultimate Team and the expensive card packs/loot boxes EA sells for that mode.  Over in The Netherlands, the Dutch Gaming Authority has …

The UK's Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has been investigating video game loot boxes for a while now, all in an attempt to figure out whether they should be considered as a form of gambling. There have been plenty of arguments on both sides of this debate and …

Though there was once a time when loot boxes were being implemented into a large number of games, it would seem the many controversies surrounding the exploitative nature of the randomised system has led to many of these developers backtracking on the mechanic. The latest game to remove loot boxes …

There has been plenty of discussion around the ethics of loot boxes over the last couple of years, to the point where governments around the world have been launching their own investigations and some politicians have been calling for outright bans. In an effort to keep the games industry self-regulated, …

Blizzard downsized its Heroes of the Storm team at the end of last year, putting an end to the game’s stint as an esport. Shifting its focus, the developer is now overhauling the MOBA to expand on hero roles and do away with those pesky, controversial loot boxes. Loot boxes, …

Bethesda isn’t short of controversy when it comes to its latest post-apocalyptic entry, with Fallout 76 players criticising more than the nylon bag replacement in its misleading collector’s edition. Within the game’s latest changelog, the developer makes mention of lunch boxes, which sound an awful lot like an analogue to …

EA has come under fire many times over the years for various reasons, most of them pertaining to poor game launches or microtransactions. Last year, we saw the biggest backlash yet thanks to the loot box system in Battlefront 2, which ended up turning the heads of politicians and government …

It seems that the conversation surrounding loot boxes and their relation to gambling has died down in recent months, but that hasn’t stopped authorities from keeping an eye on the developers that use the practice. The latest incident sees publishers Nexon, NextFloor and Netmarble being pulled up by South Korea’s …