Europe's game rating agency takes aim at in-app purchases, loot boxes, and 'unrestricted communication' with new 'interactive risk categories'
Europe's game rating agency PEGI is introducing new 'interactive risk categories' to address loot boxes, in-app purchases, and unrestricted in-game communication. These changes will affect game age ratings, with some titles potentially seeing significant increases, such as EA Sports FC moving from PEGI 3 to PEGI 16 due to randomized card packs. The new criteria are set to be implemented in June.
- Entities
- Game: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Company: Electronic Arts
- Game: EA Sports FC 24
- Topic: In-game Communication
- Company: ESRB
- Game: Fortnite
- Topic: In-App Purchases
- Topic: Loot Boxes
- Company: PEGI
- Topic: Game Ratings
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