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
UNICEF and the Global Video Game Coalition partner to open career pathways for girls in the video game and tech sector
Geneva, 8 November 2024 – UNICEF and the Global Video Game Coalition (GVGC) announce their partnership to equip adolescent girls with the technological and leadership skills needed to thrive in a di...
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Video Games Europe and WIPO Partner to Advance IP Awareness in Esports
Geneva, 5 November 2024 – Video Games Europe CEO, Simon Little, and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director-General Daren Tang, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today at W...
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Video Games Europe welcomes French supreme court decision on the resale of digital video games
Brussels, 24 October 2024 – The French Supreme Court has upheld an October 2022 decision by the Paris Court of Appeal overturning a 2019 first instance decision which had found that purchasers of vi...
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Latest Publications & Reports
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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