Loot Boxes (Page 3)

Belgium has said that card packs in Electronic Arts' FIFA games are gambling.

Last week, the notion was put forth that China's freeze on approving new games might be due to the country taking a longer look at loot boxes and monetization in general.

Do you want more loot boxes?...

Earlier today, Blizzard posted on the forums for Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch to say that paid loot boxes for both games will soon be disabled for gamers in Belgium.

If you've been following gaming industry sites over the past week, you've probably heard about what's going on in China -- or, more specifically, what's not going on there.

When is a loot box not a loot box?...

Way back in the day, when ArcheAge launched in the West, part of the $150 early access package included a 10% cash shop discount after the game launched.

France has joined Belgium and the Netherlands in weighing in on the controversy of loot boxes.

Valve has suspended item trading in Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in the Netherlands.

Guild Wars 2 has loot boxes, as you probably know, and while they don't get anywhere near the hate of those in other games, ArenaNet has made some missteps along the way (and taken steps to correct them). They, along with m...

Following on the heels of the legal re-classification of loot boxes in The Netherlands, the Belgian Gaming Commission has brought down the banhammer on loot boxes in four games. MMORPG.com has in part translated a statement...

It's one thing to have loot boxes in your free-to-play game.

There are a lot of different viewpoints out there on how loot boxes should be regulated.

When ArenaNet tried offering Mount Adoption Licenses for Guild Wars 2 in November, things didn't go so well.

We have our first instance of blinking in the loot-box staredown between the video game industry and lawmakers.

Legislation may or may not be coming, but at least some game developers are starting to realize they need to be just the tiniest bit more transparent about their loot boxes.

Hawaii state representative Chris Lee is still going at it.

Add another pair to the list of countries that are examining the legality of loot boxes in video games.

"When it rains, it pours" could apply to the weather in Seattle this time of year or to the efforts of one legislative body after another to introduce legislation regarding loot boxes in video games.

It seems like we'll see some kind of regulation regarding loot boxes in video games sooner rather than later.

Much of the talk/controversy surrounding loot boxes lately has dealt with their recent inclusion in full-priced games, like Star Wars Battlefront II or Middle-earth: Shadow of War.

What a wild and wacky 2017 it's been!...

We've been saying for a while that game developers will have to find a way to curb their voracious loot box appetites or the government will do it for them.

It's too early to tell if any legislation will come from it, but at the very least, Representative Chris Lee of Hawaii knows his audience.

Path of Exile's latest expansion, War For The Atlas, went live on Friday.

Unlike a lot of politicians, Representative Chris Lee of Hawaii isn't just all talk.

Nothing gets the Monday morning juices flowing like a new chart -- or maybe that's just me.

Hey, where have we heard something that sounds like that headline before?...

It was only a matter of time before lawmakers in the United States took a look at loot boxes.

Loot boxes are already regulated in China, and thanks to the recent loot-box-o-rama in gaming, the same thing might be happening soon in Belgium. According to PCGamer, which is getting its info from a translated Belgian new...