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The UK government has told the UK games industry that if it won’t take action on loot boxes, it will draw up legislation that will.\n<\/p>\n

As noted by our colleagues at our sister site GamesIndustry.biz<\/a>, the government today told game publishers that the luxury of regulating itself will cease if it does not take control of the sale of loot boxes to children and young people as those that use loot boxes are “more likely to experience gambling, mental health, financial, and problem gaming-related harms”.\n<\/p>\n

Back in June 2020, the UK Government announced it would launch a call for evidence on loot boxes<\/a> in response to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) inquiry into immersive and addictive technologies, and began inviting responses from the public in September<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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The UK government has told the UK games industry that if it won’t take action on loot boxes, it will draw up legislation that will. As noted by our colleagues at our sister site GamesIndustry.biz, the government today told game publishers that the luxury of regulating itself will cease if it does not take control of the sale of loot boxes to children and young people as those that use loot boxes are “more likely to experience gambling, mental health, financial, and problem gaming-related harms”. Back in June 2020, the UK Government announced it would launch a call for evidence on loot boxes in response to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) inquiry into immersive and addictive technologies, and began inviting responses from the…<\/p>\n

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