The German Bundestag (federal parliament) has passed a new law regulating video games that feature loot boxes. According to Spiegel, each game or app featuring loot...
LONDON LAW FIRM WARNS GAMBLING OPERATORS OF UNRESOLVED BREXIT ISSUES Mischon de Reya, a London-based law firm that represents a number of online gambling companies, has...
Controversy and debate is raging across northwest Europe regarding loot boxes and free-to-play online video games. The UK’s House of Lords has called for the government...
The UK could be about to reclassify loot boxes as gambling products, causing big headaches for game developers. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport...
Two French lawyers have filed lawsuits against Electronic Arts, relating to the video game publisher not labeling its FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) mode as gambling. According...
Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, has called for more regulation of in-game microtransactions and loot boxes in games like FIFA and Fortnite. Following today’s...
Members of the Gaming Regulators European Forum (GREF) have decided not to implement restrictions on loot boxes, choosing to ignore recommendations to the contrary. GREF studied...
Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have confirmed plans to provide consumers with more information regarding loot box odds. The news was announced by chief counsel of tech...
The UK Gambling Commission has said video game publishers need to do more to shield children from gambling, and threatened to prosecute developers who fail to...
The United States Federal Trade Commission has announced it will be holding a public workshop to look into the consumer protection issues regarding video game loot...