{"id":229361,"date":"2026-05-30T07:54:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T07:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=229361"},"modified":"2026-05-30T07:54:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T07:54:27","slug":"us-regulator-wont-follow-europes-lead-and-stick-higher-age-ratings-on-games-with-loot-boxes-and-daily-quests-since-it-might-confuse-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=229361","title":{"rendered":"US regulator won&#8217;t follow Europe&#8217;s lead and stick higher age ratings on games with loot boxes and daily quests, since it might confuse parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the folks behind PEGI (Pan European Game Information) &#8211; the age rating system used for games in Europe outside of Germany &#8211; announced plans to update their age rating criteria with four new categories. Games which feature the likes of loot boxes, NFTs, or daily quests designed to push players into coming back because otherwise they&#8217;ll miss out will automatically be given higher ratings&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/us-regulator-wont-follow-europes-lead-and-stick-higher-age-ratings-on-games-with-loot-boxes-and-daily-quests-since-it-might-confuse-parents\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the folks behind PEGI (Pan European Game Information) &#8211; the age rating system<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229361-us-regulator-wont-follow-europes-lead-and-stick-higher-age-ratings-on-games-with-loot-boxe6a1a97b80fe29.jpg",690,388,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229361-us-regulator-wont-follow-europes-lead-and-stick-higher-age-ratings-on-games-with-loot-boxe6a1a97b80fe29-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229361-us-regulator-wont-follow-europes-lead-and-stick-higher-age-ratings-on-games-with-loot-boxe6a1a97b80fe29-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229361-us-regulator-wont-follow-europes-lead-and-stick-higher-age-ratings-on-games-with-loot-boxe6a1a97b80fe29.jpg",640,360,false],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229361-us-regulator-wont-follow-europes-lead-and-stick-higher-age-ratings-on-games-with-loot-boxe6a1a97b80fe29.jpg",640,360,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229361-us-regulator-wont-follow-europes-lead-and-stick-higher-age-ratings-on-games-with-loot-boxe6a1a97b80fe29.jpg",690,388,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229361-us-regulator-wont-follow-europes-lead-and-stick-higher-age-ratings-on-games-with-loot-boxe6a1a97b80fe29.jpg",690,388,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229361-us-regulator-wont-follow-europes-lead-and-stick-higher-age-ratings-on-games-with-loot-boxe6a1a97b80fe29.jpg",690,388,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229361-us-regulator-wont-follow-europes-lead-and-stick-higher-age-ratings-on-games-with-loot-boxe6a1a97b80fe29.jpg",690,388,false],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/229361-us-regulator-wont-follow-europes-lead-and-stick-higher-age-ratings-on-games-with-loot-boxe6a1a97b80fe29-590x388.jpg",590,388,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=16\" rel=\"category\">Europe<\/a>","tag_info":"Europe","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=229361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/229362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=229361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=229361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=229361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}