When Star Wars Battlefront II launched with a controversial loot box system, players quickly realized that key upgrades and ...

New labels and ratings will be implemented for some of gaming's most controversial metasystems, which affect games containing loot boxes, battle passes, dailies and more.

On X, RivalsInfo has discovered code that suggests loot boxes might be added to Marvel Rivals. Per the account, NetEase’s codename for loot boxes is “Mysteries,” and Season 4 reintroduces the ...

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 ...

The consumer lawsuit comes just over a week after a similar suit filed by the state of New York.

Valve has yet to respond to the lawsuit, and it’s unclear what the developer's next steps will be. This isn't the first time we've seen controversy around loot boxes within video games. The Federal ...

Because the rule only applies to new titles, the biggest and most popular games with loot boxes will escape being subject to PEGI's higher age rating ...

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

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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 ...