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Pokémon Unite shutting down in Belgium and Netherlands next year
Pokémon Unite, the hugely popular free-to-play MOBA from Tencent's TiMi Studios, is being yanked offline in Belgium and…
Pokémon Unite, the hugely popular free-to-play MOBA from Tencent's TiMi Studios, is being yanked offline in Belgium and Netherlands from November next year, amid the countries' ongoing crackdown on loot boxes in games. In 2022, Activision Blizzardscrapped Diablo Immortal's launch as a result of "the current operating environment for games in those countries", while other titles - such as the original Overwatch- have had their loot boxes removed in response to the restrictions. In response, UKIE (the UK industry's trade association) last year announced 11 Principles as part of "improved protections for children, young people and adults following concerns raised about loot boxes".
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