While the case is specific to Coin Master, Schwiddessen said that a blacklisting here could have widespread ramifications for the industry. The BPjM has not previously ruled on video game monetization as it more typically handles questions of pornography or violence, so Schwiddessen said it is more likely it will choose to go with a 12-person committee rather than the three-person committee format it uses for less complicated cases. Coin Master is currently at the beginning of the blacklisting process, meaning the game's developer Moon Active will have an opportunity to defend the title.Īs part of the process, the BPjM forms a committee intended to represent a cross-section of the public to review the case, with two-thirds needing to vote in favor of blacklisting for a piece of media to be banned. GameStar is reporting that the Federal Review Board for Media Harmful to Minors (BPjM) has begun the process to blacklist the mobile game Coin Master for its monetization tactics after Jan Böhmermann dedicated a lengthy segment to it on his TV show Neo Magazin Royale earlier this month.Īs explained in a post by Baker McKenzie lawyer Sebastian Schwiddessen, the BPjM can blacklist games such that they are not allowed to be publicly distributed or advertised, which would make it criminal for platforms to offer them. A German comedian has spurred a government regulator to take a closer look at gambling-style monetization in games.

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