Korean devs handed almost $1m in fines for misleading loot box odds

Three Korean game companies have been fined a total of nearly $950,000 for allegedly misleading players with their lootbox practices. South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (via Dot Esports) issued the fines on April 1.

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The largest fine was issued to Nexon Korea, who were required to pay $882,000 for lootboxes they provided in Sudden Attack, which is one of South Korea’s most popular online games. During an in-game event called ‘Celebrity Count’, players were encouraged to collect sixteen puzzle pieces from lootboxes that cost $0.85 each. The odds of getting some specific pieces, however, were around 0.5%, which Nexon reportedly kept from players.

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