A new study showed that most game ads on social media platforms failed to properly disclose the presence of in-game purchases and lootboxes under UK and EU regulations.
Korean officials have fined Nexon for misleading players into thinking they had better odds to win prizes in lootboxes in games like MapleStory.
An Austrian court has ruled that FIFA loot boxes violated the country's gambling laws, and ordered refunds from Sony for those players who paid for them.
Loot box changes are set to arrive soon in TERA. Here's the lowdown.
Earlier this week, the ESRB introduced a new label as part of its rating system, called "Includes Random Items." This label is meant to account for in-game purchases constituting a random nature, such as card packs, gacha games, and yes, loot boxes. In truth, this label is merely a weak Band-Aid and does nothing to address root cause. It solves nothing.