Last week, the Pan European Game Information (PEGI), the board responsible for giving all video games age ratings in most of Europe (save for Germany, which has its own ratings board) announced a major change to how it rates games. Games with “paid random items,” i.e. loot boxes, will now start to receive automatic PEGI 16 ratings. It’s a major change meant to make parents more aware of those kinds of in-game purchases, but the North American ratings board, the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) won’t be following suit. An ESRB spokesperson told The Game Business that it will not […]
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