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Activision Blizzard has confirmed Diablo Immortal<\/em> won\u2019t be launching in Belgium and the Netherlands alongside other countries on June 2nd, and has blamed the territories\u2019 \u201ccurrent operating environments\u201d for preventing the release of its new free-to-play title, Eurogamer <\/em>reports<\/a>. The two countries are notable for recent rulings taken against loot boxes in games, with authorities in each country arguing that they constitute a form of gambling. The cancellation was first reported by Dutch news site Tweakers<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n
\u201cDiablo Immortal will not be available in Belgium or the Netherlands, and will not appear on Battle.net or the Belgian and Netherlands App or Google Play Stores,\u201d a spokesperson for the game\u2019s publisher told Eurogamer<\/em>. \u201cThis is related to the current operating environment for games in those countries. Accordingly, pre-registrations for the game are not accessible in those markets.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nRegulators in both countries have raised objections to loot boxes<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\nThe statement doesn\u2019t specifically confirm that Belgium and the Netherlands rules around loot boxes are to blame. But given recent high profile rulings in both countries it would be a big coincidence if it wasn\u2019t. <\/p>\nIn 2018, the Belgium Gaming Commission declared<\/a> that video game loot boxes are \u201cin violation of gambling legislation,\u201d and ordered games sold in the country remove the feature. EA, which runs one of the most successful examples of loot boxes with its FIFA franchise, announced it would stop selling the in-game currency<\/a> necessary to buy them in Belgium the following year. Similar mechanics were also disabled in Overwatch <\/em>and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, <\/em>Polygon <\/em>reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n
The situation in the Netherlands is more complicated. In a 2020 ruling, the country\u2019s Gaming Authority ordered EA to disable FIFA\u2019s loot boxes<\/a> or risk being fined hundreds of thousands of euros a week. But earlier this year this decision was overturned<\/a> when a Dutch court ruled the game\u2019s card packs do not constitute a form of gambling, and rescinded an earlier fine. <\/p>\n
Although Activision Blizzard\u2019s official statement doesn\u2019t mention loot boxes, an unverified customer support email shared on Reddit<\/a> was more explicit. \u201cPlayers in the Netherlands and Belgium will not be able to install Diablo: Immortal<\/em> due to the countries\u2019 gambling restrictions,\u201d the email reads. \u201cThe lootboxes in the game are against the law in your country.\u201d<\/p>\n
A representative from Activision Blizzard did not respond to The Verge\u2019s<\/em> request for comment. Diablo Immortal<\/em> is the latest entry in the company\u2019s long-running Diablo franchise, and the first to come to mobile in addition to PC. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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