Tag Archives: law

After what seems like an eternity of legislation limbo, PEGI age ratings for video games have become law in the UK today. UKIE has done a great job of getting decent coverage of the achievement on the BBC this morning – all the more impressive considering the blanket reporting of …

Industry giants campaigning against Federal law preventing same-sex marriage

Sony has confirmed that it is to suspend its PlayStation Network service in South Korea. The network will be taken offline on June 29th. The move will not affect PS Vita of PSP users. Gamasutra reports that the cause is a new South Korean legal enforcement called the Game Industry …

Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency questions IAP practices; wider national games sector hit by trading caution

New age classification for games due 'by end of year'

Industry trade body UKIE will publish a report next week outlining how to make crowd funding legal for UK games firms. It wants to change legislation so that publishers and other games companies can receive money from large numbers of individuals, in order to fund new projects. The news comes …

A new bill has legalised the use of wireless devices for gambling in casinos

Successful freemium games will always be plagiarism targets in an industry gripped by player data, writes Rob Crossley

Crowds have gathered outside the European Parliament in Warsaw over a new SOPA-style bill which could threaten online freedom. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), like the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), aims to counter online copyright infringement, as well as counterfeited goods and medicine, reports Gamasutra. The European Union is …

A Californian court has blocked Ubisoft’s request for a temporary restraining order on Get Up and Dance. OG International’s dance title was allowed to go on sale as usual in the US. Its UK release was unaffected. Ubisoft claimed Get Up and Dance uses avatars and instructors that look ‘nearly …