Activision Blizzard fined just €5000 over Diablo Immortal loot boxes
As well as this fine, which honestly seems like pocket change for both companies, and hardly much of a deterrent, both Activision Blizzard and Plaion have been made to take"immediate action to update relevant store listings and marketing materials" for their games.These companies are not the only ones to see some form of reprimand for their in-game loot boxes.
which ordered it to refund a number of Austrian FIFA players, after a court ruled that FIFA Ultimate Team packs constituted a form of gambling. Meanwhile, research conducted in January suggested warnings for games with loot box-style mechanics areConducted by Leon Y Xiao in cooperation with universities in Denmark, London and the US, the study examined a randomised selection of smartphone games which have loot boxes and are available to download from the Google Play Store.
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