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"Consumers can make more informed decisions when purchasing or downloading a game, instead of finding out after the fact"
Read More »ESRB introduces new rating to inform customers when games include randomised loot boxes
Video games are ‘setting kids up for addiction’ says NHS England mental health head
The gaming industry should "face up to responsibilities to protect players from potential harms"
Read More »Royal Society for Public Health calls on UK government to do more to protect young people from ‘the normalisation of gambling in video games’
"We and the young people we’ve spoken to are concerned at how firmly embedded gambling-type features are in many of these games"
Read More »If the industry wants better headlines, it needs to offer academics better data – “It’s infuriating how easily important data could be collected and shared”
If the industry won’t provide more information to academics, then the studies around loot boxes are inevitably going to be flawed
Read More »TIGA ‘keen to work alongside relevant parties’ to address concerns raised in UK government report
Calls on UK government to fund research into gaming disorder
Read More »UK government investigation slams games industry for a ‘lack of honesty and transparency’ about loot boxes
"Loot box mechanics [...] should be of serious concern to the industry"
Read More »PEGI defends decision to rate NBA 2K20 as PEGI 3 despite a teaser trailer depicting slot machines
"We are very aware that it may get too close for comfort for some people"
Read More »U.S. Senator wants devs that ‘knowingly exploit’ children with loot boxes to ‘face legal consequences’
"Game developers shouldn't be allowed to monetise addiction"
Read More »Global games industry warned to self-regulate loot boxes ‘before it’s too late’
"The sledgehammer is coming whether we like it or not"
Read More »UK Gambling Commission investigates unlicensed gambling streams on Twitch
"We are working with Twitch to prevent unlicensed sites being advertised on their platform"
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