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UK Ad Watchdog Halts Microtransaction Ads

The microtransactions and loot box market of gaming has grown exponentially in the last five years, prompting some governments in more recent years to take steps to avoid possible predatory issues. It was earlier this year that I reported on a new German…

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Leaked EA Doc: Sell More Loot Boxes

“Surprise mechanics,” remember “surprise mechanics?” Oh, they were nice days when we only assumed EA were heartless money-grabbing business lizards without a clue of what humans want. Those were nice days when we could forget there was a point where maybe they…

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Study Links Gambling & Loot Boxes

Hold on, I need to dress appropriately (a hazmat suit) to go diving in the sewage plant of hell once again: Let’s discuss loot boxes. EA has been one of those at the heart of the majority of the controversy when it…

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Germany Will Slap Loot Boxes With 18 Ratings

I feel weird now. I’m reporting on a German story, roughly translating things from German, and I am no longer the only one that could do that. Nonetheless, let’s explain that the Bundestag, Germany’s seat of parliamentary work, now has an act…

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ESRB To Include Loot Box Warning

To put it mildly, I’ve hated Loot Boxes and microtransactions for a long time. I’m talking about so far back that your mum was still feeling happy when she saw your dad. I really don’t like them, and I haven’t for long enough.…

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Australian Report Suggests Loot Box Restrictions

If there are two things I’ve been hard on in the year we’ve been published, it has been loot boxes and the Australian nanny state that bans games. However, today might just be one of those days I praise the nanny state for working in the interest…

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NHS Mental Health Nurse Says Loot Boxes Are Addicting

In the UK, we have this thing called the NHS, National Health Service, it is as one might assume a health service. It was formed following World War II to deal with health issues both from the war and following it. If…

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“Gaming Disorder” To Be Defined This Week

Over this coming week, the World Health Organization are set to address gaming and the possibility of classifying it as an illness. The classification is set to be discussed at the 72nd World Health Assembly, set to take place in Geneva between…

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