Generations have grown up opening baseball card packs and blind boxes and bags, and then trading and selling the items they ...

Expect games with loot boxes to be rated PEGI 16 going forward. The latest set of changes coming to the Pan-European Games Information ( PEGI) rating system will impact how games that feature loot ...

Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. The Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) body ...

Valve, maker of Steam and games like Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and TF2, has responded to a New York lawsuit filed against the loot boxes in its games.

New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Valve in February, arguing that mystery boxes in Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2 constitute "quintessential gambling" ...

Valve has responded to New York state's recent loot box lawsuit announcement, saying it doesn't believe its "mystery boxes" violate gambling laws.

Valve has responded to an ongoing lawsuit filed in New York that claims it violated gambling laws with its loot boxes. Valve’s response: No. Multiple lawsuits have been filed against Valve this month ...

It must be 2017 because loot boxes are back in the news again. Two weeks after New York's attorney general sued Valve over its use of the gimmick, the company has responded. In short, the Steam maker ...

Developer claims that the NYAG wants to gather further personal data from Valve's players.

From July 2026, games with NFTs or blockchain-related mechanisms will all be PEGI 18.

"It may have been easier and cheaper for Valve to make a deal," the company says, but that "would have been bad for users and other game developers" ...

Loot boxes and in-game purchases targeted.