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Activision Blizzard, Plaion fined for not disclosing loot boxes

PEGI has fined Activision Blizzard and Plaion for not disclosing the presence of loot boxes in two games during the ratings process.

Activision Blizzard neglected to mention the loot boxes in Diablo Immortal when it submitted the mobile game for a rating, while Plaion did the same with the Limited Bounty Hunter Edition of Hunt: Showdown.

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1nsomniac367d ago

…better to ask forgiveness than for permission..

SullysCigar367d ago

No surprise from a filthy company like that.

porkChop367d ago

They waited until a year after Diablo Immortal launched to fine them?

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Limited Run Games reveal physical console editions of Clock Tower: Rewind

Love survival horror? Love physical editions of games? Limited Run Games have got your back as they reveal a physical collection for Clock Tower: Rewind on Xbox, Switch, PlayStation and PC.

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Hugodastrevas1d 1h ago

Still waiting for the physical release of Tomba!

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The Outerhaven interviews Francisco González of Grundislav Games

The Outerhaven interviews Francisco González of Grundislav Games about his passion for Point and Click games.

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10 Biggest Xbox Mistakes of All Time (So Far)

The Xbox brand has done a lot of good over the years, but their various blunders are pretty wild to look back on in their magnitude.

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piroh1d 1h ago (Edited 1d 1h ago )

Ironically number 9 can save them at this point (releasing games on multiple platforms)

OtterX7h ago

You could add the naming scheme for the consoles, it just confuses customers. I know they wanted to avoid traditional numbering bc it would always be lower than their competitor, but this whole 360 then One then Series thing is confusing af. Imagine a Soccer Mom trying to figure this stuff out. I still mistakenly call the Series X the One from time to time on accident.

RNTody7h ago

Don't forget about the Xbox One, Xbox One X and Xbox Series X! Good luck to Soccer moms around the world.

Cacabunga7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

Phil Spencer is the worst that has happened to Xbox.
They built a respectable brand up to Xbox one. Then this guy took over and things became a joke

Reaper22_2h ago

He still has his job. Something you can't say about Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga2h ago

Both bad execs. One is on job and one thankfully retired.

MaximusPrime_5h ago

Really good video.

I remember the days with RRoD was big news on here, N4G.

Microsoft had it turbulence number of years.

Looking at the success of Sea of Thieves despite being 6 years old, time to release Halo, Forza horizon 4 & 5 on PS5. It'll help their revenue

shinoff21832h ago(Edited 2h ago)

2 of the 4 games they did already sold really well. So it's definitely going down. Idk about halo or forza but I feel those studios they've bought in the last 5 years, their coming