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Psyonix reveals the exact drop rates for Rocket League loot boxes News

Psyonix reveals the exact drop rates for Rocket League loot boxes

Developer spills the beans on how the game determines item drops

Dutch and Belgian CS:GO players can trade again but loot boxes are off-limits News

Dutch and Belgian CS:GO players can trade again but loot boxes are off-limits

Valve update restrictions in attempt to comply with regional gambling laws

French regulators say loot boxes aren't gambling but still require further investigation News

French regulators say loot boxes aren't gambling but still require further investigation

Gambling body ARJEL calls for further examination

EA will disclose FIFA 19 Ultimate Team loot drop rates News

EA will disclose FIFA 19 Ultimate Team loot drop rates

VP and COO of EA Sports Daryl Holt distances the football brand from last year's loot box controversy

Valve pulls CS:GO and Dota 2 item trading after Netherlands brings down hammer on loot boxes News

Valve pulls CS:GO and Dota 2 item trading after Netherlands brings down hammer on loot boxes

PC giant in discussions with Dutch Gaming Authority to remedy situation

ESA once again defends loot boxes in video games News

ESA once again defends loot boxes in video games

President Michael Gallagher insists the business model is not gambling

Battlefield V says yes to women and no to game-changing loot boxes News

Battlefield V says yes to women and no to game-changing loot boxes

Return to World War Two officially revealed by publisher EA

Rage 2 will be a service-based game, but will not have loot boxes News

Rage 2 will be a service-based game, but will not have loot boxes

"We have this novel approach: You buy the game and then you play it," says developer Id Software

EA is forging ahead with loot boxes following Battlefront 2 controversy News

EA is forging ahead with loot boxes following Battlefront 2 controversy

CEO Andrew Wilson insists that loot boxes are not gambling

Loot boxes are now illegal in Belgium after gaming authority rules them to be gambling News

Loot boxes are now illegal in Belgium after gaming authority rules them to be gambling

Publishers could face sizeable fines if they don't remove paid loot crates

Some video game loot boxes classed as gambling by Netherlands Gaming Authority News

Some video game loot boxes classed as gambling by Netherlands Gaming Authority

Four out of ten games investigated deemed gambling

ESRB will now alert consumers to games containing microtransactions News

ESRB will now alert consumers to games containing microtransactions

And European rating agency PEGI is looking into something similar

Riot Games details League of Legends loot box odds News

Riot Games details League of Legends loot box odds

Follows Star Wars Battlefront II drama

Ubisoft insists that Rainbow Six: Siege loot boxes don't influence gameplay News

Ubisoft insists that Rainbow Six: Siege loot boxes don't influence gameplay

"I am feeling very empathetic towards players upset with this, but at the same time I do not feel we are cheating anyone, I don't think we are being greedy whatsoever."

Key reseller site GamesDeal now lets consumers gamble for game codes News

Key reseller site GamesDeal now lets consumers gamble for game codes

People can now pay below lower prices but there's only a 50 per cent chance they'll get the game they want

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