Thursday, December 8, 2016

News:: New Chinese law governs video game loot boxes

China has just passed a new regulation pertaining to video games with microtransactions (specifically, loot boxes), and it's a pretty interesting law that could eventually find its way overseas.

As translated by NeoGAF user chillybright, this law will begin enforcement on May 1, 2017, and will govern loot boxes, which are basically a form of gambling. Publishers will be required to give players information about them upfront, including draw, quantity, content, names, and properties. In other words, they need to tell you what percentage chance you have to actually get this blind box item.

Given my general distaste for the practice of blind boxes (thankfully many games are just cosmetic), this is a rather refreshing law. You can extrapolate the wording for yourself below.

Regulation [MCPRC via NeoGAF]

New Chinese law governs video game loot boxes screenshot

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