The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld complaints against three major gaming studios over their failure to disclose the presence of loot boxes in ads for their games on social…
March 20, 2024 | 10:08 EDT
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that mobile ads created by the developer OneSoft Studio "condoned sexual assault" and "encouraged sexual violence". These ads were shown during…
July 6, 2022 | 11:41 EDT
The UK Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints against sexually suggestive mobile ads that were being shown in games with a PEGI 3 rating. The ads, which include animated characters…
April 7, 2022 | 09:35 EDT
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld consumer claims of misleading advertising against Dublin-based developer Playrix. The claims were made about certain ads featuring puzzles in…
October 13, 2020 | 09:48 EDT
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK has responded to criticism for an advert for mobile game Mobile Strike, banning it following complaints that it "objectified women". Mobile Strike…
April 8, 2017 | 08:30 EDT
Earlier this year, we reported that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK had begun an investigation into Hello Games and Valve regarding No Man's Sky after multiple people had filed…
November 30, 2016 | 10:51 EST
The controversial launch of Hello Games' No Man's Sky has left many wondering what happened during the development of the Sony-backed indie game. The game was in many ways completely different from…
September 28, 2016 | 12:36 EDT