Diablo Immortal reportedly won't launch in Belgium and the Netherlands due to lootbox restrictions

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Diablo Immortal, Blizzard's controversial new free-to-play MMO in the Diablo series, will reportedly not be launching in two countries due to restrictions on lootboxes. Dutch news outlet Tweakers reports that pre-load on iOS and Android went live in the Netherlands and Belgium in late April, but the pre-load options were taken down shortly afterwards. After reaching out for comment, a community manager for Blizzard told Tweakers that it would not be launching there due to "current operating conditions for games" in those countries, likely referring to the laws against lootboxes in Belgium and the Netherlands.

A post was also shared on the r/DiabloImmortal subreddit from a Blizzard employee sharing a similar sentiment. "The lootboxes in the game are against the law in your country, so unless the gambling restrictions change, the game will not be released in the Netherlands and Belgium," the post read. "If you manage to run the game I cannot guarantee that you will not be banned for it."

Diablo Immortal will launch this Thursday, June 2, for iOS and Android with an open beta for the PC version launching the same day.
 

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Good for them I guess, the game will be a shitshow anyway. Blizzard is so disconnected from it's playerbase and only loyal fans will play this... It sucks because Blizzard was the king 2000-2014 ish
 

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One rule for one. One for another.

Fifa makes big money worldwide and the government have a big cut of it most probably
Yea well, fifa isn't free to play afaik
So the government gets taxes from the game sale, right?
Diablo immortal is free to play, so they'll get 0 taxes
 
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I swear I'm able to download other crappy lootbox and microtransaction games over here just fine. Doesn't Raid Shadow Legends have crap like this included as well? Seems like they always go after the big companies over here.
We also can't use skins in CSGO over here lol
 
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It depends. I don't know nothing about their tax system but financial transactions, like micro-transactions, are taxed here.
Here too, but you see
First, in canada, there two taxes, one that goes to the province, one to the federal, and i think only the federal one is applied on online purchases
Secondly, here in canada, online purchases being taxed is fairly new. Justin Trudeau introduced this law and he's been elected for the first time in 2015, so...
 

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