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Read More »Psyonix publishes loot box odds for Rocket League
Valve ditches Dutch marketplace and item trading to avoid loot box legal quandry
Steam owners hope to find a better solution after discussion with Dutch government
Read More »EA consigns loot boxes and premium passes to the annals of gaming history as it announces Battlefield V’s battle royale mode
The publisher appears to have learnt from its Battlefront II mistakes as it attempts to make good with upcoming titles
Read More »The Netherlands considers some loot boxes to be gambling
Dutch gaming authority compared the controversial practice to slot machines
Read More »Loot boxes and skin gambling to earn £35bn in revenue by 2022
Analysts predict growth in random digital loot despite consumer unrest
Read More »Middle-Earth: Shadow of War in-game microtransactions will be removed in their entirety
Developer Monolith Productions promises free updates to the game as it surgically extracts loot boxes
Read More »How do multiplayer shooters monetise in the era of the live game?
The annual shooter is on the way out, replaced by live games like Overwatch and Rainbow Six Siege. Faced with the development costs of keeping a game running forever, how do multiplayer shooters monetise? We investigate
Read More »Are the ESRB’s in-game purchase stickers just a sticking plaster approach?
US ratings board takes blanket approach to warn parents
Read More »Adding gambling to games isn’t the problem – unless you’re some kind of puritan
People have always gambled on games of skill and chance. And there’s nothing wrong with sensible gambling, in the same way there’s nothing wrong with the sensible consumption of alcohol, or sensibly having sex with people you only just met, or even the sensible driving of cars – though that …
Read More »COMMENT: Games and gambling – a lawyer’s view
Paul Gardner is a lawyer and early adopter of the Atari 2600. He specialises in commercial transactions and regulatory issues relating to the computer games industry. Many in the games industry will have heard it referred to as the ‘gaming industry’ – a term confusingly used by some betting firms. …
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