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NY Governor signs videogame bill
Legislation will see consoles required to feature parental lockout controls and retail games to display their ESRB rating
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Mitch Lasky speaks out against "state regulation" of videogames
Former EA, Activision and Jamdat exec weighs in on the ratings debate
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Games applications feature "very strongly" in £10 million govt fund
Technology Strategy Board to being unveiling winners of awards shortly
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BBFC vs PEGI debate rolls on
Film board accuses PEGI of "crying wolf"; ELSPA labels the claim "absurd"
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Hodge: We will "look again" at tax breaks
Minister opens the door to possible incentives for the UK industry, but admits feeling nervous
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Hodge urges amicable solution to BBFC/PEGI divide
Government minister appeals to the ratings factions not to "battle" each other
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Nintendo, Sega, Ubisoft back PEGI in ratings conflict
More publishers add weight to campaign for PEGI to rate all games and push out BBFC influence in the UK
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Cooke questions PEGI structure
"It is not clear who PEGI is," says British Board of Film Classification
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Oasis frontman links videogames to knife violence
Noel Gallagher believes that games are partly responsible for London knife crime spree
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Games Up? calls for strength in numbers
Campaign seeks online support as it hopes to convince the government to support the games industry
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ESA collects $65,000 in legal fees from Minnesota
Gallagher notes a better use of public funds would be to support ratings system, not pursue unconstitutional legislation
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BBFC hits back at Microsoft and EA
The ratings group says the criticisms levelled at it and the Byron report are unfounded and that the industry has "nothing to fear"
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Ratings could make UK games more expensive, says Microsoft
Publisher echoes concerns made by EA over the impact of more BBFC responsibility
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New York passes videogame bill
Legislation creates advisory council to determine impact of violent media, mandates ESRB ratings on packaging
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Government publishes Byron Review action plan
Four month public consultation on age-ratings, public awareness campaign and advertising standards to be reviewed
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EA: Ratings plan will cause delays to UK release dates
Multiple standards to add "unnecessary" admin and cause British gamers to suffer
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Lawyers shocked at lack of Hot Coffee claimants
Less than 2,700 people claim damages from infamous GTA sex scenes
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Tiga calls on the UK government to "play its part too"
Group says recent tax credits in the US could lose the UK business if it doesn't follow suit
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UK survey backs 'single European ratings system'
ELSPA-commissioned YouGov research says 67 per cent of British adults "believe it is important"
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Even PEGI can't rate user-gen content, says Satchell
Microsoft's XNA boss adds a new strand to the PEGI vs BBFC issue
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Quality industry information is needed, says Tiga
Developer body wants government to research the real value of the UK videogames business
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ESA spent $714k on Q1 lobbying
Disclosure reveals First Amendment issues, IP protection, piracy and patent reform were on the agenda
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GDAA and IEAA partner on tax lobbying
The industry groups announce plans to press the Australian government for tax breaks to promote the videogames business
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UK government to "review evidence" for tax credits
Official response to online petition "takes seriously" the UK creative industries