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<p>Since publication of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/loot-boxes-in-video-games-call-for-evidence/outcome/government-response-to-the-call-for-evidence-on-loot-boxes-in-video-games"
target="_blank">government response to the call for evidence on loot boxes in video
games</a> in July 2022, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has facilitated
engagement between the games industry and players, parents, government departments,
independent bodies, regulators, academics and other external organisations. The output
of this work was new <a href="https://ukie.org.uk/loot-boxes" target="_blank">industry-led
guidance</a> on loot boxes published by the industry trade body Ukie in July 2023,
and a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/video-games-research-framework/video-games-research-framework"
target="_blank">Video Games Research Framework</a> published by DCMS in May 2023.</p><p>To
support the development of industry-led guidance, DCMS convened a Technical Working
Group with representatives of games companies and platforms. The Technical Working
Group met eight times between September 2022 and June 2023, including a meeting chaired
by the DCMS Secretary of State in June 2023.</p>
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