Veteran reporter and editor with over ten years of experience. Probably reading comic books. In what appears to be bizarre effort to avoid oversight for its loot boxes, the developers of ...

We are not sure if we should be impressed with Valve’s ingenuity or utterly horrified at the news that CS:GO players in France are now equipped with a loot box x-ray device. Here are the patch notes: ...

Valve has made a change to the way players in France interact with containers (loot boxes) in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The developer has introduced a new item designed to let players reveal ...

Valve has restricted trading in two of its games, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2, in an effort to comply with the Netherlands Gaming Authority’s rules governing loot boxes. The move ...

Valve's policy of allowing Counter Strike: Global Offensive players to buy and re-sell keys to access in-game loot boxes is no more. The company has announced that the marketplace has apparently been ...

A recent update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive adds a curious new item to player inventories in France. Called the “X-ray Scanner,” it allows players to peek inside loot boxes before opening ...

It seems the Netherlands' threat to prosecute video game companies over loot boxes has claimed its first victim: Valve. Players of CS:GO and Dota 2 in the Netherlands were today greeted with a message ...

Recap: Loot boxes might not be hitting the headlines as much as they were in the wake of Star Wars Battlefront 2's release last year, but that doesn't mean authorities have forgotten about them. In ...

Counter-Strike: Go (CS: Go) developer Steam actively fights for ethical gaming, allowing 'legal' cheat codes. Unlike other tactics, VAC bans aren't issued for using cheats, as revealed by DMarket.

How does skin gambling work, and is it illegal? We investigate. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. CS:GO’s popularity over the last ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Stubbs covers esports, competitive games and the creator economy. As part of his investigation, HOUNGOUNGAGNE released a ...