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Where should the industryâ??s dialogue with the Government go next?
Read More »AGE RATINGS: ELSPA calls for swift resolution
The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association has called on the Government to close the ‘loophole’ left open by the current Video Recordings Act ‘as soon as possible’. It was revealed today that the 1984 Act is actually unenforceable, meaning retailers that are caught selling adult games or movies to …
Read More »Shadow Culture Minister calls for single trade body
Shadow Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has recommended that industry trade bodies TIGA and ELSPA merge – to form ‘The Video Games Association’. Both organisations have met together with Government in recent months as part of video games roundtables, discussing issues that affect both publishers and developers. These subjects have included …
Read More »MP calls for single trade body
Ed Vaizey recommends ELSPA and TIGA merge to become â??The Video Game Associationâ??
Read More »Publishers ready for download chart
The UK publishing community has called for an official downloads sales chart, headed up by GfK-ChartTrack. An ELSPA forum took place earlier this week (Wednesday, July 29th) in which the leading publisher bosses discussed the possibility of setting up a download-only chart. Publishers feel that the true popularity of their …
Read More »New game committee established in Westminster
Ministers from Culture, Business and Health departments form after ELSPA meeting
Read More »ELSPA: The real work starts now
ELSPA wants to take advantage of its strengthened relationship with the Government to get more important issues for the industry discussed in Parliament. After the body’s success in lobbying the Government to choose PEGI as the UK’s only age classification system, it has now turned its attention to tax breaks, …
Read More »ELSPA: We need more maths graduates
Director General of ELSPA Michael Rawlinson today called on the Government to encourage more young people into science and maths degrees to maintain Britain’s leading position in the digital economy. Rawlinson addressed the Westminster Media Forum’s seminar, Priorities for Digital Britain, this afternoon – focusing on the future role of …
Read More »Family games ‘now the most popular in the UK’
ELSPA and GfK-ChartTrack have this morning released UK video game sales results for the first half of 2009 And thanks to Nintendo the numbers show that family games and educational titles are currently the most popular genre in the country. Nintendo’s Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii titles …
Read More »ELSPA responds to DCMS letter
ELSPA has issued a statement in response to the letter published by the DCMS today looking back at the games-relevant parts of the Digital Britain report. In the statement, ELSPA director general Michael Rawlinson says that the industry must now make sure it maintains and nurtures its connection with the …
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