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| UK Government Nervous about Tax Breaks |  | If we are to listen to the ELSPA (Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association), there are two major problems when it comes to the UK's games industry: the rating system, which should be PEGI and the lack of government support, which encourages game developers ... [read more >>] | | 09 July 2008, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| ELSPA and BBFC Are Not Friends |  | 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 opini ... [read more >>] | | 08 July 2008, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| United Nations Go PEGI |  | Probably for some of you, this does not come as a huge surprise, but today's decision of the Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE) to use the PEGI system to rate one game, Against all Odds, was astonishing for the UK rating monitors, Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association ( ... [read more >>] | | 30 June 2008, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| UK Gov: We're Already Doing Plenty for the UK Games Industry |  | ELSPA (Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association) keeps asking the UK government for help and support when it comes to the country's games industry. The association is generally worried by the fact that more developers are leaving to Canada e ... [read more >>] | | 11 June 2008, 03:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| ELSPA Asks for Government's Support Again |  | It was last month when ELSPA (Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association) noted the fact that European and especially UK game designers and developers are migrating to Canada, where they get better salaries and pay less taxes. Back then, &l ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 02:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| ELSPA Welcomes Scotland's Decision to Teach Games in Schools |  | It was recently decided that game design and development will be taught to pupils in Scotland, which has generated quite a few reactions: from laughing to persons being completely against such a "blasphemy". However, most of the people considered this initiative to be a good one and that's what matters most, after all. Now, the "It's OK" faction got a big supporter, since the UK games trade body ... [read more >>] | | 16 April 2008, 02:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Chipped Wiis Won't Run Mario Kart Wii |  | One of the most appreciated Wii games is, undoubtedly, Mario Kart Wii, just because it stars the short-legged plumber. If that's the case for you, too, you should know that only original Nintendo Wii consoles will be able to run the game - so, if you have a chipped ... [read more >>] | | 14 April 2008, 02:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 1 Billion Dollars Worth Pirated DS Games Were Seized |  | It is a known fact that piracy costs the gaming industry tons of money, and the Nintendo DS portable console is one of the most important targets. The news we bring you now proves just how much companies lose, as well as the fact that it’s virtually impossibl ... [read more >>] | | 11 April 2008, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| ELSPA Agrees to Byron Review |  | Even though adding cigarette-like health warnings to video games is not exactly the first thing we'd like to agree with... actually, it's a thing we would definitely not agree with, anyway, it seems that other people and companies agree completely. And that is not only strange, b ... [read more >>] | | 27 March 2008, 21:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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