According to the news of Dutch-sourced sites, the highly anticipated Diablo Immortal has started to be banned in countries such as Belgium and the Netherlands due to Lootbox.
For the long-awaited Diablo Immortal, we can now say that we have swam to the tail end. Interesting news has started to come for Diablo Immortal, which was recently announced to come to the PC platform as well as mobile. According to the news Diablo Immortal Lootbox It has been banned in some European countries due to its use.
Diablo Immortal has banned the use of Lootbox
Some sites from the Netherlands and GameIndustry.biz according to the news Diablo Immortal is banned in countries like Belgium and the Netherlands before it even comes out. As we know from some examples before, both countries consider the use of Lootbox as gambling and do not allow such games to be broadcast in the country. There were lawsuits and bans on the sale of packages in FIFA Ultimate Team before.
It is stated that Diablo Immortal is also banned in both Belgium and the Netherlands due to the laws of countries about Lootbox boxes. This news was confirmed by the Activision Blizzard Benelux communications manager. Moreover, it is claimed that the pre-registrations for the mobile release and PC beta of the game have now been withdrawn in both countries.
On the other hand, a message allegedly coming from Blizzard Europe’s customer support team was posted on Reddit;
“Unfortunately, players in the Netherlands and Belgium will not be able to install Diablo: Immortal due to countries’ gambling restrictions. Lootbox boxes in the game are illegal in your country, so the game will not be released unless the gambling restrictions change. It will be illegal for you to download the game in another country such as France. If you manage to run it, I can’t guarantee you won’t be banned for it.”