Even the NHS is Screaming Warnings about Gaming’s Loot Boxes

2020-1-21 17:04

Loot boxes are not well-liked in the gaming community, now even the NHS's director of mental health has spoken out against them. The post Even the NHS is Screaming Warnings about Gaming’s Loot Boxes appeared first on CCN.com

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2019-11-12 09:36	News
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Fortnite, FIFA’s Loot Boxes Find Enemy in England’s Children’s Commissioner

A new report dubbed ‘Gaming the System‘ by the Children’s Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, finds that children are ‘pressured’ into loot boxes and micro-transactions when gaming.

2019-10-24 14:56
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UK committee condemns loot boxes (‘surprise mechanics’) as gambling

The UK Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee today released their conclusions from their investigation into addictive game mechanics. While the report is a long one not solely focused on games or loot boxes, the committee firmly condemns the use of such mechanics, in spite of attempts by gaming reps to spin them the other way.

2019-9-14 22:46	Gaming
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What Might UK's Loot Box Ban Mean for Fortnite and FIFA?

The UK's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s (DCMS) parliamentary committee has said that video game loot boxes are gambling. The commission also suggested that the notorious industry practice should be banned for games that are available to children.

2019-9-14 09:56	Gaming
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What Might UK’s Loot Box Ban Mean for Fortnite and FIFA?

The UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s (DCMS) parliamentary committee has said that video game loot boxes are gambling. The commission also suggested that the notorious industry practice should be banned for games that are available to children.

2019-9-13 09:56	Gaming
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Star Wars – EA Wises Up After Hitting ‘Rock Bottom’ Lootbox Travesty

EA’s loot box controversy was definitely one of the biggest scandals in gaming in recent years. Electronic Arts already had a bad reputation and Battlefront 2 made it a thousand times worse. The problem wasn’t the game itself, of course.

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Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo join forces against lootboxes

The three big console makers have just pledged to put an end to the “gambling” aspect of lootboxes, meaning the gaming industry might finally put this whole shady moneymaking operation behind us — and not a moment too soon.

2019-8-9 20:24	Gaming
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‘Responsible’ EA Dismisses Gaming Addiction, Deems Loot Boxes Ethical

By CCN Markets: Addiction is a variation of passion—one which impairs general life functions. Addicts are commonly willing to sacrifice basic needs or core obligations to sate their hunger for the next fix.

2019-6-22 10:12
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EA rep calls loot boxes ‘surprise mechanics’ — no, just no

Electronic Arts, when called upon to defend its practice of including loot boxes in its games, chose to defend its money-maker in the most cringeworthy way possible, by comparing them to Kinder eggs.

2019-6-21 22:47	Gaming
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Taking Candy Crush from Babies: GOP Senator Seeks Loot Box Ban

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2019-5-10 00:47
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Blizzard tweaks loot boxes in Heroes of the Storm amid gambling controversy

Players of Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm noticed something in the latest patch notes: the developers were removing the ability to buy loot boxes with real money. Given the battle that game publishers are fighting with officials across the globe over loot boxes, it’s possible this is an sign of things to come — an experiment Blizzard is running with one of its smaller games that could prevent trouble for its bigger ones, and gauge how an invested community of gamers will respond.

2019-3-26 19:20	Gaming
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‘Loot boxes’ in video games could be giving kids a gambling problem

The number of children with gambling problems has “quadrupled to more than 50,000 in just two years”, according to recent reports. The alarming figures come from the UK Gambling Commission’s latest annual statistics, which showed that the prevalence of problem gambling among children had risen to 1.

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The FTC is investigating loot boxes — but not for the right reasons

The American Federal Trade Commission (FTC) yesterday joined the ongoing battle of attrition between regulators and game developers over the thorny topic of loot boxes. Last we heard about loot box legislation, a collection of European regulators were teaming up to investigate loot boxes and other maybe-kinda-sorta gambling practices, with one American entity joining in: the Washington State Gaming Commission.

2018-11-28 20:34	United States
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Even the NHS is Screaming Warnings about Gaming’s Loot Boxes

2020-1-21 17:04

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Crypto Criminals Utilize Video Game Loot Sales to Cash Out Illegitimate Gains

2019-11-12 09:36

Fortnite, FIFA’s Loot Boxes Find Enemy in England’s Children’s Commissioner

2019-10-24 14:56

UK committee condemns loot boxes (‘surprise mechanics’) as gambling

2019-9-14 22:46

What Might UK's Loot Box Ban Mean for Fortnite and FIFA?

2019-9-14 09:56

What Might UK’s Loot Box Ban Mean for Fortnite and FIFA?

2019-9-13 09:56

Star Wars – EA Wises Up After Hitting ‘Rock Bottom’ Lootbox Travesty

2019-8-30 10:24

Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo join forces against lootboxes

2019-8-9 20:24

‘Responsible’ EA Dismisses Gaming Addiction, Deems Loot Boxes Ethical

2019-6-22 10:12

EA rep calls loot boxes ‘surprise mechanics’ — no, just no

2019-6-21 22:47

Taking Candy Crush from Babies: GOP Senator Seeks Loot Box Ban

2019-5-10 00:47

Blizzard tweaks loot boxes in Heroes of the Storm amid gambling controversy

2019-3-26 19:20

‘Loot boxes’ in video games could be giving kids a gambling problem

2018-12-10 16:30

The FTC is investigating loot boxes — but not for the right reasons

2018-11-28 20:34

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