This doesn't
remove loot boxes.
As soon as they possibly can, they need to
remove loot boxes from the game entirely.
Before these rules are enforced, however, Geens and the rest of the gaming commission want to have a conversation with game publishers and developers to determine who will be responsible for
removing these loot boxes.
Belgium's investigation did include Star Wars: Battlefront II, but since the game
removed loot boxes at launch, they managed to avoid being branded with this label.
Recently however, when this whole clusterfuck was just starting to detonate, Phoenix Labs
removed loot boxes from their free to play game.
Not exact matches
In response to the backlash, the monetization of the
loot boxes was
removed right before launch, but publisher Electronic Arts has confirmed that the monetization will soon return in some capacity.
Following the huge controversy with Star Wars Battlefront II
loot boxes, which eventually forced EA to
remove them temporarily, there's been a lot of talk whether
loot boxes can be considered as gambling.
The Belgian Gaming Commission wants
loot boxes removed, or else publishers or developers could be subject to fines and imprisonment.
Loot boxes in FIFA 18, Overwatch, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive are now illegal in Belgium, with the country's legislators declaring today that if the games» publishers don't
remove the offending microtransactions, people behind the games could face fines and even time behind bars.
However, this grinding can be avoided if you're willing to purchase
loot boxes that can contain orcs who will
remove the need for this grind.
With more and more countries, agencies and government bodies rushing to have their say on
loot boxes, it may be wiser for developers to just
remove the darn things before the suits regulate them out of existence.
It resulted in
loot boxes being
removed from the game before it went on sale.
It just
removes the ability to buy crystals, which you could then use to buy
loot boxes.
«The
loot boxes must therefore also be
removed,» the announcement says.
October 31st: EA makes further clarifications and changes to the game's
loot box system,
removing «epic»
loot from crates.
Some high profile releases have featured controversy, with aspects of long - running series being
removed to allow for the inclusion of
loot boxes.
Said
loot boxes are to be
removed or the publishers will face a $ 800,000 fine or a prison sentence of five years.
If
loot boxes will be
removed from the games it's right that they are
removed from all the games especially the free to play that are the most accessible to children.
DICE has nibbled at the edges of the issues with Star Wars Battlefront 2 «s multiplayer by first
removing epic rarity Star Cards from
loot boxes and making them only available through crafting.
Overnight, the ability to purchase
loot boxes using real - world currency was
removed from all platforms and a statement was released from EA DICE boss Oskar Gabrielson explaining the move.
EA and DICE also had to deal with public backlash over the intended
loot box implementation into Star Wars: Battlefront II, and instead of fighting the public and lawmakers, EA simply
removed the premium
loot boxes.
Eurogamer is reporting that the Netherlands Gaming Authority has given publishers an ultimatum:
remove gambling - style
loot boxes from games or suffer the consequences come June 20th, 2018.
In an official announcement on WB Games» website today, the publisher announced that all microtransactions and
loot boxes are going to be
removed from Middle - earth: Shadow of War in their entirety, beginning next month.
EA has toned it down quite a bit in the days leading up to the game's release, taking certain weapons out of
loot boxes and instead having them be unlockable by playing the weapon's specific class, making players have to be at a certain level to equip and upgrade higher level Star Cards,
removing Epic Star Cards from
loot boxes, and reducing the amount of credits needed to unlock heroes by 75 percent.
EA has responded by toning the system down a bit as Heavy reported such as taking certain weapons out of
loot boxes and instead having them be unlockable by playing the weapon's specific class, having to be at a certain level to equip and upgrade higher level Star Cards, and
removing Epic Star Cards from Crates.
Middle - earth: Shadow of War's microtransactions,
loot boxes, and in - game market will be permanently
removed in a...
Following public backlash toward the publisher's use of paid
loot boxes in the game, EA eventually
removed microtransactions temporarily in order to revamp the Battlefront II progression system.
Middle - earth: Shadow of War's microtransactions,
loot boxes, and in - game market will be permanently
removed in a future update, developer Monolith announced today.
In an unprecedented last - minute reversal, EA has drastically altered Star Wars Battlefront II's controversial
loot box system by temporarily
removing the ability to purchase «crystals.»