Yesterday, the UK government’s department of Culture, Media and Sport decided to ditch the BBFC for game ratings and instead adopt the game-focused alternative, PEGI. In light of this, PEGI have introduced a new set of coloured symbols, similar to the colourings of the BBFC designs. Obviously this will help people to see the rating [...]

Usually, the tips we get at Ripten HQ have headlines crazy enough (like “Duke Nukem Forever to be released this decade”) that we have to take them with a grain of salt, but with two of the games in the above image already being rumored to arrive on Xbox Live Arcade, and one of them [...]

Paul Jackson, Director General of the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) has advised attendees of the UK Labour party conference that BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) is ultimately flawed for rating video games. Jackson expressed his desire to back PEGI, the Pan-European Game Information rating system, because of its ability to change [...]

I ran out of symbols. The UK could soon be paying even more for its games if Microsoft’s predictions come true. Government plans to use two rating systems for games could cause an increase in price, as well as added delays.