Nintendo’s Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem mobile games to be shut down in Belgium due to loot box law

Nintendo is pulling two of its popular mobile gamesAnimal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem Heroes — in Belgium at the end of August over concerns regarding Belgium’s recent laws that define in-game loot boxes as gambling, the company announced today (via Eurogamer).

“Due to the current unclear situation in Belgium regarding certain in-game revenue models, we have decided to end the service for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem Heroes in Belgium. It will therefore no longer be possible to play and download the games from Tuesday 27 August 2019,” the company said in an official statement through its Belgian website.

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