The video game industry
Video games represent one of Europe’s most compelling economic success stories, and a rapidly growing segment of its creative industries.
Video games in Society
Video games deliver experiences that enrich the everyday cultural lives of more than half of all Europeans, and inspire new ways of understanding and interacting with the world around us.
Policy
Policies that promote growth, skills, and innovation are key to strengthening the video games ecosystem’s contribution to Europe’s digital future.
Responsible Gameplay
Building off the video game industry’s demonstrated track record in protecting minors, Video Games Europe is at the forefront of raising the bar in harmonised self-regulation and responsible gameplaying.
Latest News
Latest Survey on Children’s In-Game Spending Reveals Increasing Parental Involvement
Brussels, 12 September 2024 - Video Games Europe is pleased to publish the fifth edition of the Ipsos survey on parental supervision and children’s spending on in-game content, across five majo...
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Video Games Europe Statement on In-Game Currencies
The purchase of in-game currencies is a well-established practice, and well understood by players. Our members always respect European consumer laws in how they offer these purchases. Our industry...
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Annual Data Report on Europe’s Video Games Sector Launched at gamescom
Brussels, 21st August 2024 - Video Games Europe and EGDF are proud to present this year’s Key Facts report – a comprehensive and definitive picture of Europe’s video games sector, compiled with...
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Milan Games Week, Milan (Italy)
Milan Games week is the biggest game show in Italy and is organized by the national trade association, AESVI. After eight successful editions, it will come back in October at the Fiera Milano City....
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In-game spending by children & parent supervision 2024: A GameTrack survey
Since 2018, Ipsos has conducted research looking at claimed in-game spend by children and their parent’s/guardian’s supervision of this spend. This is the fifth edition of the survey, conducted in...
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2023 All About Video Games – European Key Facts
In collaboration with European Games Developer Federation (EGDF), Video Games Europe (VGE) prepared the 2023 Key Facts about Europe's video games sector - focusing on culture, creativity and techn...
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Call for Contributions – Competition in ‘virtual worlds’ and generative artificial intelligence
The video games sector is vibrant and competitive, and its development of virtual worlds and its use of AI represent innovations that benefit consumers. These innovations are emerging, with new techno...
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