loot box
EU Parliament adopts resolution to regulate games industry harms from lockboxes to manipulative design
Call them lockboxes, lootboxes, gambleboxes, or gachapon: The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution "ensuring a safe online environment for online...
Australian lawmaker proposes bill that would classify games with lockboxes for adults only
There is at least one lawmaker in Australia who feels very strongly about the matter of gaming lockboxes, apparently. Andrew Wilkie, an independent member...
EA is testing transparent lockboxes in a FIFA game
Remember two years ago when the ESA announced an optional new policy for the US games industry that would theoretically encourage games companies to...
GDC Summer 2020: Gachapon reward models in (mostly) free-to-play games
Let's be real: Some of the panel titles at GDC Summer 2020 are unintentionally misleading. For example, the "Evolution of Gacha Systems in Mobile...
New UK parliament report recommends regulation of lockboxes as gambling
Remember last month when UK lawmakers started making fresh noise about classifying lockboxes/lootboxes as gambling to protect children following multiple reports and surveys on...
The Daily Grind: Which gaming company told the biggest fib in 2019?
Come December, we're going to be starting up our end-of-the-year roundups, including one of my favorites: the one where we pick out all our...
US Federal Trade Commission outlines the agenda for a lootbox-related workshop on August 7
Conversations, studies, and outright rancor over video game lockbox practices have caught the notice of several world governments as readers of MOP already know,...
Google Play is now requiring mobile games with loot boxes display the probability of getting items
Many can agree that loot boxes are a problem to varying degrees in gaming today, but does knowing the odds of getting something you...
Flemish Games Association speaks out against Belgium’s loot box ban
You may recall that last year, the Belgian Gaming Commission (BGC) released a report in which it concluded that "the purchase of loot boxes...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online has a gambling problem
The gambling debate has kicked off again in EVE Online, this time in response to the annual Guardian's Gala event that's currently running throughout...
South Korea continues to hand out fines for deceptive lootbox practices
Nexon isn't the only Korean studio that has been targeted by the government and fined for dishonest practices with its online games and lockboxes. The...
Extra Credits raises concerns over lootbox legislation
Just for the record, we are not the only ones engaged in the discussion and controversy surrounding lockboxes and lootboxes as of late. YouTube...
Sweden scrutinizes loot boxes under gambling laws
Loot boxes might not be as welcome in Sweden come next year. A Public Administration minister told a news station that in-game lockboxes could...
EverQuest trots out a new lizardy lockbox
Even with all of the discussion going on about lockboxes these days, it doesn't seem to be slowing down the release of such packs...
Path of Exile: War for the Atlas releases on Xbox One
A couple of weeks after the PC version launched, Path of Exile: War for the Atlas has finally arrived on Xbox One. The MMOARPG...
EA caught in lie over Star Wars Battlefront II customization, brings lootbox madness to UFC 3
Among the controversy of EA's pay-to-win lockboxes in Star Wars Battlefront II emerges a rather reasonable question: Why didn't the studio create and use...
Australia turns up the heat on lockboxes
The controversy over lockboxes and their legal status continues to draw more attention from governments, with Australia now weighing in on the issue. Not...
Here’s how some online game developers justify lockboxes
Yes, it's apparently the Month of the Lockbox across the internet, as the level of discussion and controversy over how these items manipulate your mind...
Blizzard is using a loophole to keep selling Overwatch lockboxes in China
There's a law on the books in China that states you can't sell random loot boxes in an online game without disclosing the odds...
