Home MMORPG lockboxes update 2018 (partial, no pic list)
• MMO Business Roundup: Chinese vs Western gamers, devs against Brexit, and lockboxes as gambling in Australia
• The FTC commits to investigating video game lootboxes following US Senate subcommittee hearing
• Square-Enix pulls three mobile titles from Belgium over lockbox rules
• Ireland signed declaration of concern but won’t regulate lockboxes as gambling
• International regulators co-sign declaration to investigate lockboxes and skin gambling
• UK researchers identify link between lootboxes and problem gambling
• Belgium begins criminal investigation into EA’s noncompliance with gambling laws as lockboxes remain in FIFA
• Blizzard is disabling Overwatch and HOTS lockbox purchases for Belgian players
• Three quarters of European gamers don’t even understand what the heck lootboxes are
• France’s gambling authority condemns but does not ban lockboxes
• Valve turns off lootboxes in the Netherlands for DOTA 2 and CounterStrike: Global Offensive
• E3 2018: Nintendo thinks lockboxes are unfairly maligned, help ‘drive engagement’
• EA quarterly financials: Anthem due March 2019, record profits, and lockbox-gambling denialism
• Belgium orders Overwatch, CSGO, and FIFA 18 to remove lockboxes or face criminal penalties
• Dutch Gaming Authority calls out four games as violating its lootbox policies
• South Korea continues to hand out fines for deceptive lootbox practices
• The ESRB proposes new microtransaction label, while Hawaii’s Chris Lee questions the ESA on lockboxes
• Riot discloses the drop odds for League of Legends lootboxes
• New Hampshire senator Maggie Hassan has picked up the lootbox and gaming addiction cause
• Hawaii state rep Chris Lee has now introduced four bills regulating lockboxes
• German commission takes up lootbox issue as academics link whaling to gambling markets
• Washington state senator proposes lockbox gambling investigation in new bill
• Lockbox roundup: MMO studios on ‘elegant’ lockboxes, legal issues, and the ‘cosmetics only’ angle
• How video game lockboxes use psychology to manipulate you
