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With the backing of Activision, Disney, EA, Microsoft, Namco Bandai, Sony, Take-Two and Ubisoft, ISFE says its new pan-Euro data is the industry’s best. The Interactive Software Federation of Europe unveiled GameTrack at a breakfast briefing in London this week, attended by key publisher representatives including EA’s Europe chief Jens …

A new survey of gamers in Europe claims to have the first clear view of the continent’s games market, including boxed and digital stats. The Interactive Software Federation of Europe this morning unveiled its new GameTrack survey, backed by Activision, Disney, EA, Microsoft, Namco Bandai Games, Sony, Take-Two and Ubisoft. …

37 per cent of the UK population has played a game in the last 12 months. That’s according to Ian Bramley, senior director of Ipsos Media, who today shared some key insights into the reports his firm is now compiling for the Interactive Software Federation of Europe. This morning, the …

The body that looks after PEGI says it was right to stop the dual-rating of products. Publishers were recently aggrieved to discover they could no longer brand games with both PEGI and German USK ratings. Instead, they must now incur extra costs making packaging for just Germany, which can only …

EGDF president rejects concerns that cultural tax breaks may have negative impact

Sources outline a staggering number of possible outcomes if the cultural tax test was introduced

The idea of what a ‘gamer’ does with their spare time is rapidly changing, according to research from ELSPA/ISFE. So much so that it turns out that most gamers don’t plough hours of time into games, with 76 per cent of European gamers playing less than five hours. Only a …

Think the PC is on the wane as a games platform? Think again. According to new data released by ELSPA and ISFE this morning, the PC is the most popular ‘console’ in the UK for games, and is used by 33 per cent of players. That’s according to a new …

32 per cent of the UK’s population now classifies themselves as a gamer. According to new statistics released by ELSPA and the Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE), the rise of online and mobile games have opened games up to new audiences. Games have become more accessible to non-gamers according …

The Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE) says that it doesn’t ignore the views of developers in respect to assigning PEGI age ratings on games. Earlier today Guillaume de Fondaumiere – chairman of the European Games Developer Federation – took issue with how the game rating decision process is debated …