Loot Boxes And Battle Passes Are About To Impact Game Ratings More Harshly

The latest set of changes coming to the Pan-European Games Information (PEGI) rating system will impact how games that feature loot boxes, microtransactions, and NFTs will be rated going forward. As ...

PEGI ratings for game releases in Europe will be age-restricted if they contain loot boxes

European regulators are continuing to crack down on loot boxes and gaming features it classifies as "interactive risk categories." The Pan-European Game Information, better known as PEGI, is rolling ...
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EU ratings board to designate all games with loot boxes with minimum PEGI 16 rating

Europe's PEGI organization is cracking down on games with purchaseable loot boxes, barring children under 15 from purchasing ...
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Games with loot boxes will be rated PEGI 16 from June, as part of sweeping changes to the age-rating system

PEGI director Dirk Bosmans explains why the European body is rethinking how it rates games, taking into account "online interactive risks" such as battle passes ...

Valve hit with yet another lawsuit over the Steam market, with a class-action complaint claiming loot boxes "satisfy every element" of gambling by definition

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EA Sports FC to be slapped with 16 age rating due to new loot box rules

PEGI is getting stricter about how it determines a game’s age rating, with the presence of microtransactions and loot boxes ...