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The Department of Culture, Media and Sports of the United Kingdom government has decided that the country would use the Pan European Game Industry ratings system in order to label videogames. The decision comes after the Department took a close look at the Gordon Brown commissioned Byron report, which dealt with a wi... |
17 June 2009
15:01 GMT |
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The gaming industry has been, for quite some time, the victim of prejudice from people who simply don't understand that video games are nothing more than just another form of entertainment, one that places you in the middle of the action, instead of being a by-stander when you watch a movie. Sadly, it seems tha... |
5 March 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Manhunt 2 has had a very big share of controversy around it, and, being named one of the most violent games ever produced, it met disapproval from every rating board. However, it eventually went on sale in the US after gaining a Mature rating (it actually did fairly well in terms of sales) and – what do you kno... |
7 October 2008
03:44 GMT |
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The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) supports the Pan European Games Ratings Information (PEGI) rating systems and not the homebrew British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), as some might think should be the case. Thus, since two companies with different opinions on how things shou... |
8 July 2008
13:06 GMT |
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After Electronic Arts representative Keith Ramsdale warned that a new rating system might lead to delays for game launches in the United Kingdom, it's Microsoft’s turn to rally against the intention of the British government to introduce a reform when it comes to rating videogames.Neil Thompson, executive at Mic... |
1 July 2008
14:06 GMT |
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In the wake of the Byron report, which tried to assess the way videogames affect different categories of consumers, mainly children, the United Kingdom government is preparing to propose and then implement a new rating system for videogames. The current system mentions that only games labeled by the PEGI as being in ... |
30 June 2008
16:06 GMT |
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The upcoming release of Ninja Gaiden 2 for the Xbox 360 consoles, set for the 6th of June this year will be available to less people than expected, since the BBFC has decided to rate the game 18. This means that, unlike the previous titles, this is the title that can only be sold to adults. However, the BBFC has dec... |
30 April 2008
13:16 GMT |
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It's not even out and GTA IV is creating waves of controversy. Last week, the British Board of Film Classification leaked details of the "offensive" actions that players could perform in GTA IV and now Rockstar has admitted that a "heavily" edited version of the game is set to make its debut in Australia.The BBF... |
7 April 2008
02:46 GMT |
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The British Board for Film Classification, which also handles the ratings for videogames in the United Kingdom, has leaked information regarding GTA IV on its site. At the moment the information was taken down but there are plenty of things that we found out.The BBFC stated, in the leaked info, that: "The game has be... |
2 April 2008
05:17 GMT |
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After Rockstar secured a court ruling last week, that said that its Manhunt 2 game could be sold legally in the UK, the government has stated today that it will in no way try and overturn the legal decision. More important than that, the government of the United Kingdom is showing some common sense in the issue of vi... |
17 March 2008
11:54 GMT |
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UK life has not been easy on Manhunt 2. It's a positively violent game and the Brits tend to frown upon the kind of gratuitous violence Manhunt prides upon. And the BBFC, the British Board of Film Classification, has initially ruled that the game posed "a significant risk of harm" that made it unsuitable for sal... |
14 March 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Debate in the United Kingdom's Parliament has again touched the issue of the games industry. Detractors of the industry lost no opportunity to launch obviously false accusations of videogames. The newest of them is that they are "rape simulators".The debate occurred because of a law referring to the accountabili... |
5 March 2008
04:51 GMT |
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Rockstar's Manhunt 2 has already created some big waves and things are not over yet, even though Rockstar probably started a celebration when it was decided that they can appeal against the British Board of Film Classifications decision to ban the game in the UK. But nobody should start the party until the fat l... |
17 December 2007
05:06 GMT |
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Not long after the Video Appeals Committee allowed the appeal by Rockstar against the board's rejection of Manhunt 2, "the violent video game featuring blood-spattered scenes in an asylum is set for release in Britain," according to Yahoo News. Reportedly, its makers finally won an appeal against censors on Mond... |
11 December 2007
07:03 GMT |
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It looks more and more like Manhunt 2 is going to make it in the UK as well after all. Rockstar has recently been allowed the appeal against the BBFC's decision to ban the game not once, but twice in the respective PAL territory. The board's statements below follow the decision of the Video Appeals Committe... |
11 December 2007
02:58 GMT |
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Recent news surrounding the ever-present issue of whether anti-social behavior is connected to violent video games have surfaced again, this time in the form of an extensive BBFC report. The board accepts the fact that there is no proof to any of this, but raises more questions actually, claiming that "more research ... |
28 November 2007
05:06 GMT |
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It's appeal day today as Rockstar plunges into the world of legal issues, contesting BBFC's decision of refusing Manhunt 2's certification. However, the producer's representatives didn't hesitate to retaliate claiming that the censorship board cares more about its reputation than the interes... |
26 November 2007
10:28 GMT |
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Back in June, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) banned Rockstar's violent horror title, Manhunt 2, while the ESRB gave it an AO (Adults Only) rating as far as its console versions were concerned. The developer of course reduced some of the graphical detail in order to give it a proper launch on con... |
9 October 2007
04:48 GMT |
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The world isn't by far a safe place. Especially for the children who now have access to everything that's bad for them via Internet, TV and video games. Now, rating bards such as the BBFC, the ESRB and PEGI are making enormous efforts in keeping bad material away from those of inappropriate age. Thus, the P... |
6 July 2007
03:56 GMT |
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Wow, talk about fast! Take-Two and Rockstar are seriously taking this Manhunt 2 issue into their hands! Apparently, as the BBFC and ESRB have rated the game to nonexistence (in stores that is), the game's developer has immediately started up work on it, to appeal the rating boards. As you can see, the game is un... |
3 July 2007
03:33 GMT |
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This is not hot news anymore. What I'm trying to do here is give you a better picture of what Rockstar's options are with the already highly controversial Manhunt 2, banned by the BBFC rating board and rated AO (Adults Only) by the ESRB. Rockstar's violent game was supposed to launch on various platfor... |
21 June 2007
06:41 GMT |
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Yesterday, the Internet blew up in flames with reports of BBFC refusing to rate Rockstar's controversial and violent video game, Manhunt 2. Apparently, the ESRB has had some trouble with the title, but they've finally settled on an "18 years and older" rating. However, Rockstar may lose big time because of ... |
20 June 2007
04:52 GMT |
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No wonder Jack Thompson is keen on killing the Manhunt franchise. I have to hand it to him, he may be right about this one, but not as much as he likes to believe. As it turns out (no, this piece of news is not about Thompson's crusades), the BBFC has rejected Manhunt 2, which basically means that it cannot be l... |
19 June 2007
08:40 GMT |
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Reading this title I thought: "What? Again they're blaming games for who knows what this time?" But no, this time I stumbled upon a British Board of Film Classification report posted on GameIndustry.biz, containing information regarding why people blame games like Grand Theft Auto, Manhunt, or The Sims when some... |
18 April 2007
09:36 GMT |
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