{"id":8508,"date":"2018-11-09T15:42:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T15:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=8508"},"modified":"2018-11-09T15:42:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T15:42:31","slug":"belgiums-anti-lootbox-stance-causes-games-to-be-withdrawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/belgiums-anti-lootbox-stance-causes-games-to-be-withdrawn\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium’s Anti-Lootbox Stance Causes Games To Be Withdrawn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Earlier this year, the Belgian government determined that lootboxes were gambling<\/a> and threatened to take action against any gaming company that offered such games to Belgian citizens. There were a number of countries that adopted a similar stance on lootboxes but it appears that the threat from the Belgium Gaming Commission<\/strong> has been taken seriously by gaming developers.<\/p>\n

Square Enix<\/strong> has decided not to take any changes and has taken down three of their popular games which featured lootboxes and were earlier offered to the Belgium market. This is a big move for the gaming community as a number of other gaming developers are expected to soon follow suit.<\/p>\n

Square Enix<\/a> decided to take down three of their mobile games but confirmed that this will not happen overnight. The three games that will no longer be available to Belgium residents are Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia, Kingdom Hearts Union X and Mobius Final Fantasy<\/strong>. The first one to go will be Mobius Final Fantasy. The doors will close for Belgian user starting November 30. Just a few days later Kingdom Hearts Union X will be taken out of play on December 6 will see. Finally, Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia will be taken down on December 19. Square Enix recommends that all online currency in these games be used up before then.<\/p>\n

Square Enix<\/strong><\/p>\n

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