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Piracy is a very important issue nowadays due to the relative easiness with which illegal copies of games or software can be distributed over the Internet and various other Peer2Peer networks like Bittorrent. But even though such actions do only harm for games or software developers and publishers, there are some wh... |
18 March 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Videogame ratings are usually very sensitive stuff. Developers always try to get the lowest rating while still making the game they have envisioned in order to attract more customers. While some companies take pride in producing titles for the whole family, others, like Rockstar, set out from the beginning of a game&... |
29 October 2008
16:31 GMT |
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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 to migrate to Canada or France, where t... |
9 July 2008
13:06 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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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 (ELSPA), t... |
30 June 2008
13:06 GMT |
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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 especially thanks to tax incentives offered by the Canad... |
11 June 2008
03:58 GMT |
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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, ELSPA demanded that the government should offer more support to t... |
22 April 2008
02:57 GMT |
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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, aft... |
16 April 2008
02:48 GMT |
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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 one, you can say goodbye to it (and, most likel... |
14 April 2008
02:25 GMT |
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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 impossible to stop it.This week, ELSPA anti-piracy unit managed... |
11 April 2008
13:06 GMT |
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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, but really makes you wonder: ... |
27 March 2008
21:31 GMT |
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This final piece of news I'm posting today has something to do with Eidos (responsible for the Tomb Raider series) being backed up by the ELSPA that the UK Government needs to do more for the gaming industry. OK... more what? More funding of course. According to the report, Jane Cavanagh OBE, Chief Executive of ... |
10 August 2007
11:12 GMT |
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St Helens Police yesterday conducted a surprise raid resulting in the arrest of seven people, one of whom had been using his house as a mini factory to manufacture illegal copied Xbox, PlayStation2 and PC games. Talk about cheap-a*s-gamers... Of course, the guy was doing it for the money. Raids targeted a number of ... |
10 May 2007
05:52 GMT |
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