The new changes by the Pan-European Game Information age-ratings body (PEGI) will start from June.

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Valve hit with a class-action lawsuit in Washington state over its "unlawful gambling" loot boxes in games Dota 2, Team ...

House Bill 1148 is a wide-ranging bill aimed at enhancing data privacy for children who use online gaming platforms like ...

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PEGI director Dirk Bosmans explains why the European body is rethinking how it rates games, taking into account "online ...

New federal lawsuit claims the loot box function by Valve acts like gambling while global regulators debate legality of ...

The latest set of changes coming to the Pan-European Games Information rating system will impact how games that feature loot ...

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Blizzard is not quite inviting regulators to look, but it’s certainly a curious decision. Once upon a time, loot boxes where the big evil that was corrupting and festering in the video game industry.

Blizzard Entertainment is bringing loot boxes back to Overwatch 2, more than two years after stripping them out of the game. Loot boxes will return in season 15 of Overwatch 2, which launches Feb. 18, ...

Valve defends cosmetic loot boxes as lawsuits and regulators argue randomized rewards tied to real money resemble gambling ...