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July 17, 2018

Niji Narayan

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Gamers are not able to use lootboxes in CS:GO in the Netherlands and Belgium. The malfunctioning arose following an update. At first, the marketplace was disabled. Later the market place has been re-enabled, but Lootbox opening has been remaining disabled.

“The Kansspelautoriteit accusation is different from how other countries think about loot boxes, so we hired [a] Dutch legal counsel, looked at the recent Study into loot boxes published by the Kansspelautoriteit, and learned more about Dutch law”, Valve wrote last month. “We still don’t understand or agree with the Kansspelautoriteit’s legal conclusion, and we’ve responded to explain more about CS:GO and Dota 2.”

By disabling trading and marketplace transfers, the game no longer went against Dutch law. Valve has currently stated that the implementation is only temporary and are into a more applicable solution.

Source: gameranx.com

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.