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Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Denmark, Violence in games | 7 Comments »
An Assassins Creed-themed PEGI video hit Danish television this week, of a man dressed as Altair telling parents about violence and the appropriateness of certain games for their children. ... Read more..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..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 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..Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Europe, Trade, UK | No Comments »
A piece of Nielsen research has shown that in the UK, 37 percent of those aged between 16 and 49 describe themselves as "active gamers," defined as currently playing games ... 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..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..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..Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Action, Adventure, Europe, Fighter, PS3, PSN, Platformer, Puzzler, Racing, Rhythm action, Sony, Sports | 3 Comments »
Blimey. Looks like not buying a PS3 may be an actual error soon. These games are taken from PEGI's site as being rated for PSN, so there's no further information ... 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..Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in Europe, Trade, UK, Violence in games | No Comments »
The Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE) isn't happy over reported plans to change UK games classifications, saying that bringing in a cinema-style system to handle regulation would be a ... 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..
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