Gambling on loot boxes isn’t new to Fortnite. In 2022, Epic Games announced it had reached a settlement with the Federal ...

Steal the Brainrot, one of Fortnite's biggest creative maps, is now charging a ton of money for loot boxes and gambling-like ...

Fortnite is now allowing devs behind user-generated Creative mode maps to sell their own in-game purchases, opening the door ...

It’s a question increasingly asked by regulators, researchers, and the guardians of vulnerable players, and one that’s becoming harder for the games industry to ignore. To understand why loot boxes ...

As part of GamesIndustry.biz's year-end, we're welcoming back Leon Y. Xiao of Beclaws to provide his annual look at the state of lootbox legislation worldwide. Welcome to another "re-run banner" for ...

Indie game developer Skye <3 and publisher Evil Corp Games both confirmed the official launch date of their upcoming game, Unboxathon. In case you missed this one, the game centeres around you opening ...

Epic Games’ potential addition of ‘paid random items’, or loot boxes, to me and you, has caused uproar amongst Fortnite players who, by their own definition, have probably spent their whole life ...

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 ...

When is a lootbox actually a lootbox? Well, that argument will no doubt rage in the legal offices in Brazil over the coming weeks and months, as the country’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ...

Brazilian lawmakers have banned individuals under the age of eighteen from buying loot boxes as part of a new regulatory push. The decision made by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will take effect ...

Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney Taylor Hardwick is employed under funding by the Australian Research Council (FF220100076; ...

The sale of loot boxes to under-18s will be banned in Brazil from March 2026. Stricter safeguards will also come into place for games where children can exchange messages, audio or video. Brazilian ...