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

Generations have grown up opening baseball card packs and blind boxes and bags, and then trading and selling the items they receive,” Valve wrote. “On the physical side, popular products used in this ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Valve has responded to an ongoing lawsuit filed in New York that claims it violated gambling laws with its loot boxes. Valve’s response: No. Multiple lawsuits have been filed against Valve this month ...

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, ...