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PEGI Raises Age Rating to 16 for Games Featuring Loot Boxes in a Bid to Curb Youth Gambling

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PEGI Raises Age Rating to 16 for Games Featuring Loot Boxes in a Bid to Curb Youth Gambling

EA Sports FC 27 gets a PEGI 16 rating in Europe because of loot boxes

PC Gamer

EA Sports FC 27 gets a PEGI 16 rating in Europe because of loot boxes

Still rated E for Everyone by the ESRB, though.

European age-ratings body PEGI begins raising age-limit of loot box games, like EA Sports FC, to 16

Eurogamer

European age-ratings body PEGI begins raising age-limit of loot box games, like EA Sports FC, to 16

PEGI, the European video game age rating agency, has started raising the age ratings of digital games that feature loot boxes to 16. The rollout of this new, stricter approach, is expected to...

Games with loot boxes and other "paid random items" re-rated PEGI 16 as new rules come into force, hopefully cutting down on kids gambling somewhat

Rock Paper Shotgun

Games with loot boxes and other "paid random items" re-rated PEGI 16 as new rules come into force, hopefully cutting down on kids gambling somewhat

I'm strongly of the opinion that loot boxes, gacha mechanics and whatever other form of gambling remains present in games is a scourge that ought to be wiped out. Absolutely no game is better for...

PEGI begins moving existing digital-only games with loot boxes up to a 16 rating

GamesIndustry.biz

PEGI begins moving existing digital-only games with loot boxes up to a 16 rating

Existing digital-only games that include paid random items, such as loot boxes, are being re-rated PEGI 16 if they currently carry a PEGI 3, 7, or 12 rating. Read more

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