FIFA Ultimate Team to effectively stop selling loot boxes in Belgium

Electronic Arts have thrown in the towel in their battle with Belgium over whether or not paid loot boxes in FIFA‘s Ultimate Team mode constitute illegal gambling. Without admitting to anything, EA today announced that they will soon stop selling Belgian players the ‘FIFA Points’ microtransaction currency used to buy Ultimate Team ‘packs’, effectively stopping selling them. Technically if someone is sitting on €657965468476 of virtuacash they’ll still be able to buy loot boxes until the cows come home, but no new Points will be sold.

“After further discussions with the Belgian authorities, we have decided to stop offering FIFA Points for sale in Belgium,” EA said today. I can relate. After further discussions with the Scottish authorities, I myself recently decided to stop stabbing tourists in Scotland.

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