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The Video Standards Council is to hire an ‘execution panel’ of three psychology and legal experts, who will ultimately decide whether controversial video games should be banned, MCV can reveal. The VSC is in the process of hiring a media lawyer, a clinical psychologist and a media psychologist for the …

Well over a year since its release on the European arm of PSN in March 2008, Sony is to grant Idol Minds’ action physics title Pain a boxed retail release across Europe. The disc will most of the DLC released to game to date, including levels such as Movie Studio …

Digital Britain: Develop goes through the key points and reaction to the PEGI verdict

Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Sega and other leading European games publishers have talked of their joy at the Government choosing PEGI as its sole age classification system. The news came yesterday as part of the Government’s Digital Britain report, and effectively removed the BBFC’s role in rating games. The Video …

PEGI has lifted the lid on its new rating symbols that will come into effect following the government’s recent ruling outlined in the Digital Britain report. The new labels are largely the same as those currently seen on game boxes, though the old grey colouring has been replaced with a …

Those who turned on their PC or Mac the moment they woke up this morning with the hope of upgrading their iPhone’s to the latest 3.0 firmware were disappointed, but there’s not long to wait – 6pm (BST) is now the estimated arrival time. To read more about 3.0, click …

New IP in a tough market means that players will need to try before they buy, says Singularity producer

All people who have a copper telephone landline will soon see an additional 50p added to their monthly bills following the government’s announcement of a 6 per year charge that will fund Britain’s future superfast broadband network. Parliament has stated that its intention is for every UK household to have …

Games-on-demand service Metaboli has announced that Ubisoft titles will be available via download-to-own for the first time. The deal will be available to customers in EMEA via www.gamesplanet.com and in the US through www.gametap.com. Metaboli currently has 47 Ubisoft titles in its catalogue, which have proven particularly popular with our …

Launch of new distance learning computer games courses