In video game terminology, a loot box (also called a loot crate or prize crate) is a consumable virtual item which can be redeemed to receive a randomised...

game that implements the gachapon machine style mechanics. Similar to loot boxes, gacha games entice players to spend in-game currency to receive a random...

10% due to the loot box controversy, and had missed their financial targets for the fiscal quarter after release due to the loot box system being offline...

quality of loot often scales with the tiers but not always, and higher tier loot can sometimes only be found in later stages of the game. Loot boxes are a...

ceased operations on 26 December 2018.[citation needed] The game pioneered loot box predatory monetisation mechanics. It featured the now-canonical lock-and-key...

pass model gained more use as an alternative to subscription fees and loot boxes beginning in the late 2010s. Battle passes tend to offer free passes,...

Loot boxes are another form of microtransactions. Through purchasing a loot box, the player acquires a seemingly random assortment of items. Loot boxes...

popular in itself. The mode has been often criticized for its reliance on loot box packs, considered a controversial form of gambling. EA describes Ultimate...

(October 12, 2017). "Are loot boxes gambling?". Eurogamer. Retrieved October 12, 2017. Ore, Jonathan (October 29, 2017). "Loot box brouhaha: Are video games...

2019. Yin-Poole, Wesley (February 21, 2019). "Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's loot box controversy highlights the tension between developer and publisher". Eurogamer...

was initially supported through microtransactions to purchase in-game loot boxes that could be used towards these upgrades. A standalone battle royale...

Loot Crate was a subscription box service established in 2012 which provided monthly boxes of geek- and gaming-related merchandise. Loot Crate was founded...

free of charge, with the only additional cost to players being optional loot boxes to purchase cosmetic items. Overwatch is Blizzard's fourth major franchise...

a loot box system that randomizes the progress in a game rather than it being experience-driven and whether a game's randomly generated loot boxes contain...

of equipment of varying rarity and usefulness. This is a variant of the loot box mechanic where players spend currency to acquire an entire set of random...

offered through many games in the form of a loot box or similar term, depending on the game. Loot boxes are earned progressively by continuing to play...

was also subject to widespread criticism regarding the status of its loot boxes, which could give players substantial gameplay advantages if purchased...

Gamers and critics negatively responded to the Elite Season Opener Pack loot box, feeling that EA were aggressively pushing the pay-to-win option of Ultimate...

Netherlands after their loot boxes appeared to violate Dutch and Belgian gambling laws. In 2019, Valve made changes to Global Offensive's loot box mechanics due...

game often shows a list of possible loots that the player may get from the loot box. The content of the loot box may range from purely cosmetic items...

welcomed the return of offline gameplay modes, but criticized the game's loot box mechanics and use of microtransactions. Payback was succeeded by Need for...

banning or restricting games with loot box mechanics due to their gambling nature. Coupled with poor implementation of loot box mechanics in Star Wars Battlefront...

expensive than the cost to open loot boxes, that players got more items for opening a loot box, and that in general, the loot box system felt more rewarding...

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with loot boxes due to the similarities shared with gambling. Below is a list of restrictions enforced by the NPPA. The contents within a loot box must...

game industry. In October 2017, in response to growing criticism of the loot box model for video game microtransactions (which grant chances at earning...

industry-wide debate on the use of random-content loot boxes. While other games had used loot boxes, EA's original approach within Battlefront II from...

or WLAN, without needing to be connected to the wider internet. loot box Loot boxes (and other name variants, such as booster packs for online collectible...

called the trailer "tone-deaf", due to being released at a time when loot boxes had become highly scrutinized and regulated under governing bodies and...

slot machine mechanic. As virtual goods, they have high profit margins. A loot box system has existed in the game since 2016; these are purchasable virtual...