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An Australian MP Is Introducing A Bill To Ban Loot Boxes For Under 18s Share A loot box from Overwatch. An Australian independent lower house MP will be introducing a bill to Parliament next month to ban the sale of “loot boxes” towards minors. First reported by the Daily Telegraph (paywalled) on Sunday, the bill will be introduced by Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie. While the full text of the proposed legislation hasn’t been provided yet, Mr Wilkie said his bill would block loot boxes being targeted to minors through the classification guidelines. “We as a country accept that people over ...

  Gaming Loot Boxes - Innovative and Creative Multi-billion Euro Industry but What Are the Legal Risks and Are They Gambling? by Tuomas Pelkonen on 05/12/21 05:12:00 am   The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra’s community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company.   Microtransactions and loot boxes have become more and more popular as a business model in the game industry. The growth has...

Packs are very randomised, like a game of chance say experts Worsening FUT rewards further push spending, players say FIFA Ultimate Team is the “cornerstone” of EA Sports' football-sim FIFA games and the video gaming giant does “everything [it] can to drive players there”, including deploying “content teasers” and “targeted messaging” to “funnel” FIFA 21 players towards FUT game mode and “incentivise” them to convert, according to a leaked internal document. FUT is heavily monetised and employs the use of loot boxes, a highly controversial video game feature that allow...

The game is set about 60 years in the future. Previously, an army of robots (called Omnics in gamelore) fought a worldwide revolt against humanity before a group of skilled soldiers, scientists, adventurers, and oddities teamed up to help suppress the revolution. Afterwards, they stayed together and recruited more agents to become Overwatch, a global peace-keeping and scientific organization. Overwatch was eventually brought down by corruption from within and attacks by a shadowy terrorist cabal called Talon. But new challenges to world peace have arisen, and a new Overwatch has risen from th...

University of Sydney explains how the gaming industry justifies in-game gambling Tuesday, 13 April 2021 00:20 University of Sydney explains how the gaming industry justifies in-game gambling Shares With over 10% of gaming revenue coming from in-game gambling, such as loot boxes, the University of Sydney says game developers are operating in an increasingly competitive sphere, and are looking to in-game gambling to increase revenue, arguably to detriment of players. As at last year, we're told the global gaming industry "was valued at USD$162B (AUD$213B), with at least $20B (AUD$26B) of...