New York AG Letitia James called loot boxes ‘quintessential gambling, but Valve says it’s more like Pokémon cards and Labubu.

Valve have gone public with their legal fight against the New York attorney general over whether lootbox mechanics qualify as gambling.

Valve has responded after the New York AG filed a lawsuit claiming that loot boxes in several of the company’s games violate state gambling laws.

Valve is now facing a new loot box lawsuit, this time a class action lawsuit that is being held in their home state of Washington.

A second lawsuit in a matter of weeks has been filed against Valve. The complaint alleges that the gaming company knowingly operates unlawful gambling through its loot box system. In a press release, ...

NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Reuters) - New York's attorney general sued Valve, a video game developer whose franchises include Counter-Strike, Team Fortress and Dota, accusing it of promoting illegal gambling ...

NEW YORK – New York's attorney general has sued video game developer Valve, claiming the “loot boxes” found in Counter-Strike and other popular video game franchises illegally promote gambling. State ...

We talk a lot about loot boxes here at The Escapist. The ancient debate between old people in government who have at best played Candy Crush or Monument Valley, wrangling over what is or is not ...