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European Parliament: Better consumer protection required for gaming

The European Parliament's Committee and Consumer Defense of the European Parliament has actually spoken out for EU-wide guidelines to protect computer game consumers today. Without votes against and with only three abstentions, the committee accepted a draft report in which, among other things, loot boxes and their results on children are talked about. It is needed in the draft that information about the content of video games, their in-game monetization and the target age groups, similar to the PEG evaluations, must be easily accessible, so that parents can easily discover how much time and money invest their children for video games. Loot boxes are particularly emphasized. The committee wants to guarantee that game developers avoid addicting style and take into account the age, the rights and vulnerability of children. Gold farming and trade with items must be taken a look at The European Commission was likewise asked to analyze the gold farming and the sell playing objects ge...