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PEGI represents the gold standard” today, and will undoubtedly be the best system for tomorrow. PEGI is clearly the only ratings system which has the power to prevent game publishers distributing unsuitable content to children, online and offline. Only PEGI fully assesses all games content. It is designed specifically for …
Read More »ELSPA members on PEGI
David Yarnton, UK General Manager of Nintendo: The PEGI age ratings system is favoured by Nintendo. It has the ability to assess and rate all game content and does not rely on a sample of game play to form its decisions. The fact that there is also an EC proposal …
Read More »Channel 4 now commissioning games content
UK broadcaster signs indie team Introversion for new PC game, with eye on console downloads, mobile, ARGs and more
Read More »ELSPA tells Government: PEGI is the only option
The games industry’s future in online games means that PEGI is the only choice for games classification in the UK, ELSPA head Paul Jackson today told the Government. Speaking at a special games industry forum held at Westminster, Jackson compared and contrasted the opposing classification bodies – UK-only BBFC and …
Read More »‘UK is most expensive country in the world to develop a game’
Eidos' Ian Livingston says Government must invest to aid industry growth 'or suffer the consequences'
Read More »Levine gets ‘more creative control’ in new Take-Two deal?
BioShock creator close to resigning with publisher, says New York Post
Read More »GfK acquires ChartTrack
GfK has bought up a further 46 per cent of ChartTrack shares, meaning that a new UK charts authority, GfK ChartTrack Limited, has emerged. Together, both ELSPA and the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) still own 45 per cent of the shares in the new company. "We are delighted to …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Second week at the top for Smash Bros.
It’s ‘as you were’ for the top three in this week’s All Format charts from ESLPA/ChartTrack. Nintendo’s Wii-exclusive Super Smash Bros Brawl claims its second week as the top selling games in the UK, while EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company and LucasArts’ LEGO Indiana Jones are placed in second and thord …
Read More »BBC says industry must exploit â??star powerâ?? of key developers
SPECIAL REPORT: Rory Cellan-Jones on why 'mainstream media has woken up to the power of gamesâ??
Read More »The Sims link up with H&M
EA’s giant franchise The Sims has joined forces with clothes retailer H&M to unleash a gamer designed outfit in real life stores. Over 1,000 would be fashion designers used The Sims 2 design tool to create an outfit that would feature in The Sims 2 H&M Fashion Runway, a virtual …
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