China forces game producers to reveal loot box odds

[Joystiq]

Using addictive animations and other psychological tricks, games like Overwatch and Hearthstone hook you on free

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, then make you pay for the rush with real money. That sounds like gambling to China's Ministry of Culture, so it's instituting some new rules starting in May 2017. The government will force publishers to post the probability "of all virtual items, props and services" available in loot boxes, along with recent results, on the game's official website, according to the

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