Gaming getting too realistic An Austrian court has ruled that loot boxes in FIFA game violate the nation’s gambling laws and have demanded that affected players be refunded. The district… An Austrian ...

Over the past decade, video games have increasingly embraced systems built around random rewards. Loot boxes, gacha mechanics, and RNG drops have become as familiar to PlayStation players as loading ...

LONDON, United Kingdom, November 4, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- The topic of loot boxes, microtransactions and other types of gambling mechanics in video games is one that is handled differently in ...

Starting in June, the Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) age rating system, Europe's equivalent to the ESRB, will begin assigning PEGI-16 ratings to all games that sell ...

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As reported by Eurogamer, video games that have loot boxes and similar monetization systems will get aged up to PEGI 16.

New York Attorney Letitia James has sued Valve on behalf of the state of New York for “illegally promoting gambling through video games popular with children and teenagers.” Table of Contents A ...

The European age rating system PEGI will soon only approve video games with loot boxes from the age of 16. The USK served as inspiration.