Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe

Submitted ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BrikoX@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨gaming@lemmy.zip⁩

The new changes by the Pan-European Game Information age-ratings body (PEGI) will start from June.

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ulu_mulu@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It was about time! But they should make them 18+, like real life casinos.

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chaotic_disorganizer@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
PEGI? The same organization that classified Balatro as 18+ because it contains Playing cards so it must be gambling?

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umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
cool but like. it took a decade or so for this to finally start rolling out.

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RiQuY@lemmy.zip ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Why not +18?

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sidebro@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

“In reality, it will largely be down to parents to educate themselves on why these changes have been brought in and decide for themselves if they deem the games (and their loot box mechanics) suitable for their child,” she said.

For now …
Until you have to send in your ID, instead.

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