Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe

The new changes by the Pan-European Game Information age-ratings body (PEGI) will start from June.

Europe's game rating agency takes aim at in-app purchases, loot boxes, and 'unrestricted communication' with new 'interactive risk categories'

Credit: EA European game rating agency PEGI is about to make life more complicated for some game developers, as it plans to ...
GameSpot

Loot Boxes And Battle Passes Are About To Impact Game Ratings More Harshly

The latest set of changes coming to the Pan-European Games Information rating system will impact how games that feature loot ...

PEGI ratings for game releases in Europe will be age-restricted if they contain loot boxes

European regulators are continuing to crack down on loot boxes and gaming features it classifies as "interactive risk categories." The Pan-European Game Information, better known as PEGI, is rolling ...
GamesIndustry.biz

Games with loot boxes will be rated PEGI 16 from June, as part of sweeping changes to the age-rating system

PEGI director Dirk Bosmans explains why the European body is rethinking how it rates games, taking into account "online interactive risks" such as battle passes ...
Esports.net

Games With Loot Boxes To Be Rated 16 In New Rule Starting in June 2026

The European video game rating system announced it will upgrade the ratings for games that contain loot boxes.

Valve sued again over loot boxes in Counter-Strike, Dota 2

Valve hit with a class-action lawsuit in Washington state over its "unlawful gambling" loot boxes in games Dota 2, Team ...

Valve compares its loot boxes to Labubus in lawsuit defense

Generations have grown up opening baseball card packs and blind boxes and bags, and then trading and selling the items they receive,” Valve wrote. “On the physical side, popular products used in this ...