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EA patent aims to let you choose your own battle pass rewards

May 17, 2021 Dom Peppiatt

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EA is 'funnelling' FIFA players to FUT's loot boxes, according to leaked document

April 27, 2021 Dom Peppiatt

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Report: Loot boxes to bring in $20 billion in 2025

March 9, 2021 Alex Calvin

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Germany looking add loot box notice to game ratings [UPDATE]

March 9, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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FIFA Ultimate Team loot boxes "long way" from gambling, says ex-EA exec Peter Moore

Jan. 8, 2021 Alex Calvin

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EA says new FIFA loot box lawsuit is "baseless"

Nov. 13, 2020 Alex Calvin

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EA faces loot box lawsuit in Canada for games including FIFA

Oct. 22, 2020 Alex Calvin

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UK's House of Lords says loot boxes are gambling and should be regulated

July 2, 2020 Sherif Saed

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UK government will look into whether loot boxes should be classified as gambling

June 9, 2020 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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PEGI ratings will also say if games have loot boxes

April 14, 2020 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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ESRB ratings will begin warning players of loot boxes in games

April 13, 2020 Emily Gera

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Loot boxes push kids into gambling, says NHS mental health director [Update]

Jan. 19, 2020 Emily Gera

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Loot boxes and keys will be replaced in Rocket League on December 4

Nov. 21, 2019 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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"Classify loot boxes as a form of gambling", urges a new UK report

Oct. 22, 2019 Natalie Clayton

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Counter-Strike deploys X-ray Scanner to get around loot box controversy in France

Oct. 1, 2019 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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UK DCMS parliamentary committee recommends ban on loot boxes, higher age ratings for games with loot boxes

Sept. 12, 2019 Sherif Saed

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NBA 2K20 has so many loot boxes and casino games there's a trailer just for them

Aug. 29, 2019 Sherif Saed

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Need For Speed Heat ditches any form of loot boxes

Aug. 15, 2019 Natalie Clayton

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Epic Games promises loot box transparency going forward

Aug. 9, 2019 Natalie Clayton

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Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to require developers to disclose odds of paid loot boxes by end of 2020

Aug. 7, 2019 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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EA defends its loot box systems to Parliament, calling them "surprise mechanics"

June 19, 2019 Hunter Wolfe

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Anti-loot boxes bill will be presented today after gaining bipartisan support

May 24, 2019 Sherif Saed

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The Loot Box Bill is Public, And The ESA Says It's "Flawed And Riddled With Inaccuracies"

The newly introduced bill could end up affecting more than just loot boxes.

May 23, 2019 Eric Van Allen

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Rage 2 Confirmed to Have Live Service Elements and No Loot Boxes

Bethesda and Id Software confirm.

May 17, 2019 Matt Kim

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US Senator introducing legislation to ban loot boxes in games geared toward minors

May 8, 2019 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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FTC workshop on loot boxes to be held in August, livestreamed

April 8, 2019 Sherif Saed

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FTC to hold a "public workshop" on loot boxes later this year

Feb. 25, 2019 Sherif Saed

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EA removes FIFA loot boxes to avoid legal trouble with Belgian authorities

Jan. 29, 2019 Shabana Arif

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The FTC to investigate loot boxes in games

Nov. 28, 2018 Sherif Saed

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Video game loot boxes are a gateway to gambling, almost a million UK children affected - Gambling Commission study

Nov. 21, 2018 Kirk McKeand

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Loot Play is a monthly game service made up of indie titles from Loot Crate

Oct. 17, 2018 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Loot boxes are "psychologically akin to gambling," Australian study finds

Sept. 18, 2018 Sherif Saed

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15 European gambling regulators team up to address loot boxes

Sept. 17, 2018 Marshall Lemon

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Belgian Gaming Commission files official complaint over EA's refusal to budge on loot boxes

Sept. 11, 2018 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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PEGI to add in-game purchases label to retail copies by the end of this year

Aug. 30, 2018 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Overwatch loot boxes will no longer be sold for real money in Belgium, The Netherlands

Aug. 28, 2018 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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2K Games makes changes to NBA 2K's MyTeam mode to comply with Belgian and Dutch gambling laws

Aug. 27, 2018 Sherif Saed

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Forza Motorsport 7 is getting rid of loot boxes

July 27, 2018 Marshall Lemon

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Dutch Dota 2 players can see what's in their next loot box

July 26, 2018 Marshall Lemon

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French gambling regulator rules that loot boxes in video games are not a form of gambling

July 5, 2018 Shabana Arif

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“We don’t have any interest in games as a service” - Strange Brigade developer Rebellion

June 21, 2018 Kirk McKeand

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Valve has disabled CS:GO and Dota 2 trading in the Netherlands

June 20, 2018 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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EA made a complete about-face on loot boxes

June 10, 2018 Marshall Lemon

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Belgian Gaming Commission recommends prosecution over loot boxes in games

May 11, 2018 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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EA to continue offering loot boxes in a "transparent, fun, fair, balanced way"

May 9, 2018 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Belgium now says loot boxes are gambling

April 26, 2018 Sherif Saed

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This website breaks down how every game uses microtransactions

April 23, 2018 Sherif Saed

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Dutch Gaming Authority calls out loot boxes, finds four games in violation of Better Gaming Act

April 19, 2018 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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The Fallout of EA's Loot Box Controversy is Still Being Felt Throughout Gaming

Games changed after the loot box debacle last year. The question is for how long?

April 18, 2018 Matt Kim

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"It’s clear to us that players see the company differently than we do," says EA

April 16, 2018 Sherif Saed