I’m posting this as a self-post rather than a link since I haven’t seen any English-language reporting on it yet.
This is just a local ruling in Austria, but it’s the first actual decision in a case concerning lootboxes in either Austria or Germany.
The particular case was about spending on FIFA Ultimate Team with the game being played on PS, and what’s especially noteworthy is that it was actually Sony being sued, as the purchase was made in their online store.
The court has found that this does constitute gambling, and since Sony is not licensed for that in Austria (which is a requirement), the purchase contract is void.
German-language sources:
Now this …
I love VR, but I find the majority of them to be in first person, and mostly shooters. I feel like there’s a distinct lack of creative third person games. I got a PSVR2 and picked up Moss: Book 2 for it. I played the first game on the original PSVR and loved it. My hope at the time was for more games to come out in that vein, but in the years since, I haven’t seen or heard of many at all. Playing Moss 2 has reignited that interest in more diverse types of VR games in 3rd person. Being able to control Quill with the traditional button inputs while simultaneously manipulating the environment and helping with combat using the sense controllers is just so damn cool.
Astrobot Rescue Mission was another 3rd person platforming game that worked wonderfully in VR. I just think it’s not only more comfortable gaming experience, but I find the concept of looking over a diorama of a level from an almost god-like perspective to be so interesting and, well, NEAT, for the lack of a …