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ESRB warns that GTA IV isn’t for kids

by Christopher Buckner on Apr 28, 2008 at 11:25 PM

Leave it to the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) to take the fun out of this year’s most anticipated game, Grand Theft Auto IV. Teaming with the National Institute on Media and the Family, the two forces are strongly advising parents to take special notice of the ESRB rating for… Continue Reading »

Britain, Microsoft UK backing Byron Review. US looking

by Pulkit Chandna on Mar 30, 2008 at 11:59 PM

The UK is all set to revamp the videogame rating system according to the recommendations made by Dr. Tanya Byron, who is heading a review into the ill effects of games and the internet in the U.K. Byron told Next-Gen that the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has assured her… Continue Reading »

Dark Sector banned in Australia for excessive violence

by Christian Morlotte on Feb 15, 2008 at 11:01 AM

The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC), Australia’s classification board, has refused to give a rating to Digital Extreme’s latest game, Dark Sector, essentially making it illegal to sell the game in that country. The OFLC considers the game to be too violent. Dark Sector is a third-person shooter… Continue Reading »

Senator Coffee launches PSA about the ESRB’s ratings

by Lucy Newman on Dec 6, 2007 at 01:23 AM

With the holidays around the corner and the recent video game report card showing lack of parental participation have spurred former Oklahoma State Senator Glenn Coffee to join ESRB president Patricia E. Vance to unveil a new public service announcement campaign to explain and encourage parents to use the video… Continue Reading »

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