Last December, China’s Ministry of Culture released a new set of rules governing online games in the country, including a regulation that requires developers of video games that feature random loot boxes to reveal the odds of players receiving items. That rule, which officially took effect on March 1st, has led to multiple big-name companies revealing the drop rates for rare items in their loot boxes, many of them for the first time.

Daniel Ahmad, an analyst for Niko Partners, covered the new regulations when they were first released. As Ahmad summarizes, “Online game operators will need to disclose the name, property, content, quantity, and draw/forge probability of all virtual items and services that can be drawn/forge on the official…

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