ESRB Declines to Implement New Loot Box Rating Rules, Citing Potential Confusion
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has announced it will not adopt the recent changes made by the Pan European Game Information (PEGI) concerning loot box ratings. This decision comes after PEGI introduced automatic PEGI 16 ratings for games that contain “paid random items,” a move aimed at increasing parental awareness regarding in-game purchases.