Blizzard removes real-money purchase options for loot boxes in Belgium
🐬Over♌watch and Heroes of the Storm lose loot box payment options

Players of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Overwatch and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Heroes of the Storm in Belgium will no longer be able to pay real-world money for loot boxes, Blizzard has confirmed. The announcement follows 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Belgium's declaration in April that loot boxes are, ඣlegally speaking, gambling. You can read the postౠ in full over on the . In part, it reads:
"While we at Blizzard were surprised by this conclusion and do not share the same opinion, we have decided to comply with their interpretation of Belgian law. As a result, we have no choice but to implement measures that will prevent Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm players located in Belgium from purcha൩sing in-game loot boxes and loot chests with real money and gems. ... While players in Belgium will no longer be able to purchase paid loot boxes in Overwatch and loot chests in Heroes of the Storm, they’ll still be able to earn them by playing the games, and they’ll still have access to all in-game content."
such card games in the '90s anyway.In any case, Blizzard is one of the first companies to publicly respond to Belgium's ultimatum, and loot boxes (at least those paid for with real-world money) are going away. The conversation around this business model may have died ❀down in recent months, but some players are just now feeling the ཧrepercussions.
Blizzard wasn't the only company affected by Belgium's stance on loot boxes. EA has 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:pushed back, saying it intends to keep the contentious Ultimate Team feature in future FIFA releases, even though Belgium found 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:FIFA 18 to be in violation of gambling law.
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