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Yet the European association will bring up the issue during its next board meeting
Read More »EGDF lobbies for developersâ?? say in PEGI ratings
de Fondaumiere calls for seat on the Interactive Software Federation of Europe
Read More »New age ratings here ‘this summer’
Games publishers are already manufacturing games boxes with PEGI’s ‘traffic light’ ratings on their cover – and hope to have the symbols on UK boxes by the end of this summer. All new games released in Europe will feature the colour-coded symbols, after the UK Government gave the green light …
Read More »DIGITAL BRITAIN: PEGI praises ‘effective system’
Established European ratings body PEGI has understandably spoken of its confidence in the role it will now play in policing the nation’s gaming habits following the official government backing sanctioned as part of the Digital Britain report. This decision by the British government to adopt PEGI as the single ratings …
Read More »Game Based Learning to host industry forum
ELSPA and ISFE to contribute to interactive discussion
Read More »NIELSEN REPORT: Gaming named top leisure activity in Europe
A new report entitled Video Gamers in Europe 2008 from ISFE-Nielsen research claims that gaming is now the most popular leisure activity for people aged between 16 and 49 across Europe. Gaming now rivals even TV in terms of the hours we all spend doing it, the report says. People …
Read More »NIELSEN REPORT: European consumers understand PEGI ratings
Whilst the BBFC-PEGI debate continues to rumble in the wake of the notorious Byron Report, a new report entitled Video Gamers in Europe 2008 from ISFE-Nielsen suggests that European gamers back the current PEGI system. Across the 15 countries surveyed, 93 per cent of respondents to Nielsen’s survey recognised the …
Read More »NIELSEN REPORT: European games market at all time high
As part of ISFE-Nielsen’s Video Gamers in Europe 2008 report, it has emerged that the European video games market is bigger now than it ever has been. In 2007, software sales across the 15 largest European markets reached €7.3 billion, a 25 per cent increase on the figures from 2006. …
Read More »NIELSEN REPORT: European gaming habits exposed
A new report from ISFE-Nielsen claims that 37 per cent of UK residents aged between 16 and 49 describe themselves as active gamers. The news comes from the Video Gamers in Europe 2008 report from ISFE-Nielsen, which also throws up some interesting stats regarding the playing habits of gamers across …
Read More »OPINION: ‘Dropping PEGI would be a step backwards’
Speaking exclusively to MCV, boss of PEGI parent ISFE has slammed the potential introduction of BBFC ratings – terming the possible move a step backward. Take a look in our Opinion and Analysis section for more.
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