Apple Introduces New Rules Requiring Apps to Disclose Odds for Loot Boxes
https://wccftech.com/apple-apps-loot-boxes-odds/
Despite widespread outcry, the mainstream gaming industry hasn’t done much to address controversy over microtransactions and loot boxes. Oh, sure, individual games like Star Wars Battlefront II may make changes (after being forced), but we’ve yet to see any sort of comprehensive response. Not even threats of government regulation have made a difference.
Instead, it seems it will be the mobile side of the gaming industry that steps up to make much-needed changes, which is a bit surprising, since the mobile space is where microtransactions were born. Apple has just rolled out a number of changes to App Store guidelines, including new rules governing loot boxes and other random loot delivery systems…