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Mike Rawlinson, the director general of games industry body ELSPA, has welcomed the government’s decision to back PEGI as the sole age ratings system for video games sold in the UK. The Government has made absolutely the right decision for child safety,” Rawlinson said in a statement. By choosing PEGI …
Read More »AUSTRALIA: Attorney General defends lack of R18+ certificate
South Australian attorney general Michael Atkinson has defended the Classification Board’s refusal to introduce an 18 age rating for video games released in the territory, claiming that games are potentially more harmful than movies. I don’t support the introduction of an R18+ rating for electronic games, chiefly because it will …
Read More »Phelps officially swimming to consoles
UK publisher 505 Games has confirmed that it is to publish a brand new title based on record-breaking Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps. Talk of the game first emerged earlier in the month when Phelps mentioned it in an interview on US TV show 60 Seconds. Development is being handled by …
Read More »Michael Phelps game in development
In a recent airing of the long running American television news magazine 60 Seconds, Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Michael Phelps was profiled, revealing the news that he is to be the subject of a video game. While no other details of the title have been revealed, Phelps, who smashed …
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