E3 2008: Which games won and lost at this year's E3?
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in EA, Nintendo, Sega, Trade, UK, Ubisoft | 4 Comments »
ELSPA put out a press release this morning dripping with quotes from "senior leaders of the UK and European video games industry" that supports PEGI as the sole rater of ... Read more..Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in Trade, UK | 2 Comments »
Destructoid's reporting that BBFC's David Cooke has said that PEGI ratings are given by "a couple of blokes." The quote comes from an interview with The Times newspaper, where Cooke says, ... Read more..Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Fighter, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 | 11 Comments »
The BBFC has given Soul Calibur IV a 12 rating, thanks in part to the fact you can't strip the female characters to the nude. "The game... contains some female warrior ... Read more..Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Politics, Trade, UK | No Comments »
BBFC boss David Cooke's responded angrily to recent concerns over the affects of Byron Report proposals that will lend the body responsibility to rate all adult games. Both EA and Microsoft ... Read more..Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Politics, Trade, UK | 6 Comments »
Speaking to GI, EA UK MD Keith Ramsdale has said that if proposed ratings changes outlined in the Byron Review go ahead, British gamers will face delays to the release ... Read more..Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Politics, Trade, UK, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Speaking at Gamehorizon in Newcastle this morning, Microsoft's XNA boss, Chris Satchell, has said that user generated content can be responsibly rated by an audience of its creators' peers – ... Read more..Friday, May 23rd, 2008 Posted in Europe, Politics, Trade, UK | 8 Comments »
Speaking to GI, BBFC director David Cooke has moved to assure the games trade that the people now responsible for rating games in the UK are well into them, like. ... Read more..Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Action, Adventure, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
The BBFC's given Ninja Gaiden II an 18 and made no cuts, and has put out its traditional martini-dry, comedic plot detail thing. Apparently, "The game was classified '18' for strong, ... Read more..Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Action, Konami, PS3 | 5 Comments »
A little late with this, but the BBFC granted Metal Gear Solid 4 a 15 certificate yesterday, and made no cuts. We've posted the info from the BBFC's site after the ... Read more..Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Europe, Politics, UK | No Comments »
The EU's executive body has given the European games industry two years to come up with a widely used general code of conduct to protect children from violent images in ... Read more..Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in Politics, UK | No Comments »
PEGI boss madman Patrice Chazerand has come to the ridiculous conclusion that people should stop thinking about competition between the BBFC and PEGI and focus on how the two ratings ... Read more..Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Politics, Trade, UK | 7 Comments »
Here. EA boss Keith Ramsdale still thinks PEGI's the best choice to rate UK games, despite confirmation that the BBFC will be rating all games meant for 12 year-olds and ... Read more..Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, UK, Xbox 360 | 7 Comments »
As if there was ever any doubt. The BBFC green-lit GTA IV for UK release today, giving the game an 18 certificate. The title releases for 360 and PS3 on ... Read more..Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Politics, UK | No Comments »
According to this, the new BBFC games ratings confirmed today as part of the publication of the UK's Byron Report, won't come into force for two years. Hit the link for ... Read more..Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Politics, UK | 3 Comments »
According to this, the BBFC will now rate all games in the UK meant for gamers over the age of 12. From the piece: Under [Byron's] proposals, backed unanimously by DCMS Minister ... Read more..Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Politics, UK | 3 Comments »
David Cooke, director of the BBFC, has said he believes the British body is a better fit for rating games in the wake of this morning's Byron Report as it ... Read more..Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Politics, UK | No Comments »
Giving evidence to a Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee today, Matt Lambert, Microsoft's head of corporate affairs in the UK, said that the PEGI ratings system was better than ... Read more..Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in Politics, Trade, UK, Violence in games | No Comments »
The BBFC has admitted is doesn't know what Tanya Byron's going to recommend in her report to the government about UK games regulation next month, but has said that it's ... Read more..Saturday, February 9th, 2008 Posted in Journalism, Politics, UK, Violence in games | 1 Comment »
Following this week's news that wary glances are being cast behind the scenes of Tanja Byron's upcoming report, British national daily The Guardian is this morning carrying, "Ministers plan clampdown ... Read more..
