ESRB and PEGI add box warning for games with loot boxes (update)

The industry is changing.

What you need to know


Loot boxes have become a prominent issue since the Star Wars Battlefront II debacle.
The Pan European Game Information added warnings a while ago.
The American Entertainment Software Rating Board is adding similar ones soon.
Hopefully, this will allow everyone to make sound purchasing decisions.


Updated April 13, 2020: According to GamesIndustry, the ESRB has introduced new warning labels for loot boxes.

Every since Star Wars Battlefront II implemented — and later removed — egregious pay-to-win microtransactions, games rating bodies, and governments, are fighting back against the practice. While organizations like the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) and Pan European Game Information (PEGI) can't ban loot boxes, they can inform gamers that a certain game features them.



According to a report by GamesIndustry, PEGI has decided to include warnings if a game has loot boxes and microtransactions even on the physical...