Apple cracks down on loot boxes in update to App Store review guidelinesApple changes its App Store review guidelines to include "loot box clause".
Loot boxes made big headlines in 2017 when EA released Star Wars Battlefront II and received a huge amount of backlash for including a very robust loot box system that made player progression painfully slow for gamers who didn't spend money. There was a big uproar in the gaming community, EA's stocks took a hit, and an international conversation started about the morality and implications of loot boxes in games.
Now it seems that Apple has jumped into the fire by updating its App Store review guidelines that will affect developers that want to make free-to-play games with a loot box system.
Apple's new stance
The App Store Review Guidelines are set by Apple to ensure the apps that are making it on to the App Store are up to their standards, and these rules get updated over time.
In the most recent update, Apple included this provision:
"Apps offering 'loot boxes' or other mechanisms that provide rand...
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Apple cracks down on loot boxes in update to App Store review guidelines
