BRUSSELS, July 19 (Reuters) - The European Commission should better protect children with stricter consumer rules for digital coins and videogame loot boxes, the Dutch government said, according to a ...

Overwatch 2 is about to launch in free-to-play form soon, and many players are wondering if the game will have loot boxes. The first instalment, for better and worse, was hugely responsible for ...

20 consumer groups in 18 European countries have backed a report from the Norwegian Consumer Council on the ongoing impact of loot boxes on the video games industry that has been titled "INSERT COIN: ...

Singapore recently formed a new regulatory body called the Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) to address the increasing convergence of gambling and gaming, especially in video games where loot boxes ...

In September, member of the Finnish Parliament Sebastian Tynkkynen proposed a bill to regulate loot boxes as a form of gambling in Finland. To understand what the bill could mean for the Finnish games ...

LONDON, United Kingdom, November 4, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- The topic of loot boxes, microtransactions and other types of gambling mechanics in video games is one that is handled differently in ...

With consumers, gamers and lawmakers expressing concerns about whether loot boxes are predatory or contribute to gambling-like behavior, game developers can take steps to minimize the possibility of ...

We have Valve to thank for the introduction of paid loot boxes in PC gaming, but the loot box trend didn't really kick off until Overwatch made box-opening fun, cool, and sometimes free in 2016. Six ...

How do you open Overwatch 2 loot boxes? Loot boxes were an Overwatch 1 staple, so it's no surprise that fans were a little disappointed when the random reward system was removed from the sequel. Over ...