Kids and younger teens might soon be unable to play Genshin Impact’s gachas. The developer behind the game has agreed to block players under 16 years old from making in-game purchases without parental consent in order to settle a complaint from the Federal Trade Commission. It has also agreed to pay a $20 million penalty. Samuel Levine, the director of FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said “Genshin Impact deceived children, teens, and other players into spending hundreds of dollars on prizes they stood little chance of winning.”
The developer’s marketing actively targeted children, the commission said in
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