A major industry publisher has finally been burned in the global crackdown on loot crates. It could have been easily avoided.
EA gets wrecked in Netherlands district court
GamesIndustry.biz – EA fined €10m over loot boxes as Dutch court sides with gambling authority
TheSixthAxis.com – EA will be fined €500K every week in the Netherlands until FIFA’s Ultimate Team Packs are removed from the game
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Todd Mitchell is a US Midwest-based comedy writer and game developer with bylines at Weekly Humorist, Fanbyte, Slackjaw, End of the Bench Sports, and more. He’s the author of Inside Video Game Creation, the founder of CodeWritePlay, and host of the GameDev Breakdown podcast. Follow him on Twitter @Mechatodzilla.