Gaming getting too realistic An Austrian court has ruled that loot boxes in FIFA game violate the nation’s gambling laws and have demanded that affected players be refunded. The district… An Austrian ...

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

Loot boxes, also known as loot crates, are randomized items that can be purchased while gaming using either real money or in-game currency. The contents of loot boxes varies enormously, with some ...

As reported by Eurogamer, video games that have loot boxes and similar monetization systems will get aged up to PEGI 16.

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 ...

EA Sports FC has traditionally been rated PEGI 3 in Europe, but that looks set to change as new regulations target the use of loot boxes in games.

Over the past decade, video games have increasingly embraced systems built around random rewards. Loot boxes, gacha mechanics, and RNG drops have become as familiar to PlayStation players as loading ...