MMO Business Roundup: PEGI’s lockbox accountability, Root’s Discord alternative, Pickmon’s barely legal IP frappe
The Pan-European Games Information (PEGI) ratings system will now assign a default PEGI 18 rating to games featuring lockboxes or similar paid random items, with changes effective in June. A new Discord alternative called Root has emerged, and Grand Theft Auto Online is highlighting player-created content with triple rewards. The creature-collecting survival game PickMon has been unveiled, drawing comparisons to Pokemon and Palworld.
- Entities
- Game: Palworld
- Topic: Lockboxes
- Topic: Communication Platforms
- Game: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Topic: Intellectual Property Infringement
- Company: Discord
- Game: PickMon
- Game: Final Fantasy XIV
- Game: Grand Theft Auto Online
- Company: PEGI
- Topic: Game Ratings
- Topic: Player-Created Content
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