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PEGI is giving games with paid loot boxes a PEGI 16 rating, and EA FC 27 is the first big example

TechSpot·Alfonso Maruccia·about 13 hours ago
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Editor's take: The Europe-based PEGI rating system is introducing a significant change in how games sold across the Old Continent are labelled and marketed to consumers. Digital-only titles designed to sell gamers random items for a pretty penny now face the same rating risks as games depicting violence, sexual activity, and drug use. As they should.

Earlier this year, the Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) system announced a new rating regime for video games built around selling randomized content to players. Now, the organization responsible for administering PEGI in the United Kingdom has confirmed that the changes are finally being implemented.…

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