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UNICEF and the Global Video Game Coalition partner to open career pathways for girls in the video game and tech sector
08/11/2024

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
06/11/2024

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
28/10/2024

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 Survey on Children’s In-Game Spending Reveals Increasing Parental Involvement
12/09/2024

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
12/09/2024

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
22/08/2024

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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New Chair for Video Games Europe
30/01/2024

New Chair for Video Games Europe

Brussels, 30 January 2024 -  We are delighted to announce that Hester Woodliffe, SVP Publishing, International at Warner Bros. Games, takes up the position of Chair of Video Games Europe from 15 Janu...
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Video Games Europe welcomes new team members
15/12/2023

Video Games Europe welcomes new team members

NEWS RELEASE - Video Games Europe welcomes new team members Anselm Rodenhausen joined Video Games Europe in November as Vice President Legal and Policy. Anselm joins from Zalando where he headed up...
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Video Games Europe launches pan-European Seize The Controls campaign in lead up to winter holiday season 2023
11/12/2023

Video Games Europe launches pan-European Seize The Controls campaign in lead up to winter holiday season 2023

BRUSSELS, 11 December 2023 – Video Games Europe (VGE), has launched the Seize the Controls campaign in the run-up to the holiday season. The campaign aims to remind parents of the tools they can cho...
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Video Games Europe welcomes EU Council’s Conclusions on Europe’s Video Game Sector
24/11/2023

Video Games Europe welcomes EU Council’s Conclusions on Europe’s Video Game Sector

Brussels, 24 November 2023 – Today, the Spanish Presidency of the European Union adopted Council conclusions on the Video games sector, entitled “Enhancing the creative and cultural dimension of...
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Global Video Game Coalition Hosts ‘Games for Good’ Event to Highlight the Positive Impact of Video Games
31/10/2023

Global Video Game Coalition Hosts ‘Games for Good’ Event to Highlight the Positive Impact of Video Games

GENEVA – Oct. 31, 2023 — Today, the Global Video Game Coalition (GVGC) hosted its first-ever ‘Games for Good’ event at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva with support from the...
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Global report confirms social, mental and emotional benefits of video gameplay
10/10/2023

Global report confirms social, mental and emotional benefits of video gameplay

  Brussels, October 10, 2023 - Today, the global video games industry has come together to publish the “Power of Play" report, providing important insights into video games' social and emo...
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PEGI age rating system for video games celebrates 20th anniversary
03/10/2023

PEGI age rating system for video games celebrates 20th anniversary

  BRUSSELS, 27 September 2023 - To celebrate 20 years of PEGI (Pan-European Game Information), an event was held today in Brussels. Launched in 2003, the PEGI system aims to educate, advise an...
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Games in Schools 2023 – the latest handbook for teachers
02/10/2023

Games in Schools 2023 – the latest handbook for teachers

European Schoolnet (the network of 34 Ministries of Education) and Video Games Europe have teamed up to launch the fifth edition of Games in Schools, a project aimed at training teachers across...
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Europe’s Video Games Industry Publishes 2022 Annual Key Facts Report, All About Video Games
24/08/2023

Europe’s Video Games Industry Publishes 2022 Annual Key Facts Report, All About Video Games

Video Games Europe and EGDF present this year’s Key Facts – a comprehensive picture of Europe’s video games sector, compiled with data provided by Ipsos Mori and GSD as well as by Video Games Eu...
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UN-facilitated Playing for the Planet Alliance impact report published
09/03/2023

UN-facilitated Playing for the Planet Alliance impact report published

UN-facilitated Playing for the Planet Alliance impact report was published today in Brussels during the European Parliament event, Virtual Worlds: How video games are helping shape Europe’s digital...
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Statement on European Parliament vote on report “Consumer protection in online video games – a European single market approach”
18/01/2023

Statement on European Parliament vote on report “Consumer protection in online video games – a European single market approach”

Video Games Europe and EGDF note the report’s recognition of the many benefits that video games provide to consumers, including on mental health, as well as the industry’s contribution to tech...
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Europe’s video games industry launches conversation starters to help parents and guardians discuss responsible gameplay with their children this Christmas
12/12/2022

Europe’s video games industry launches conversation starters to help parents and guardians discuss responsible gameplay with their children this Christmas

Video Games Europe, representing Europe’s video games industry, has launched conversation starters to help parents in having judgement-free conversations with their children about responsible gamepl...
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Statement on the adoption of European Parliament’s resolution on esports and video games
10/11/2022

Statement on the adoption of European Parliament’s resolution on esports and video games

We, at Video Games Europe and EGDF, are pleased to see this in-depth look at our sector which recognises the value of IP, the role of Europe’s video games industry in the creative economy, the m...
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New European Parliament report recognises Europe’s video game industry’s role in the creative and cultural economy
03/10/2022

New European Parliament report recognises Europe’s video game industry’s role in the creative and cultural economy

Today, the European Parliament’s Culture Committee adopted a report on esports and video games, led by rapporteur Laurence Farreng, on the sector’s important place in the EU’s creative a...
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Europe’s video games industry publishes annual key facts report: authoritative data and engagements from 2021
24/08/2022

Europe’s video games industry publishes annual key facts report: authoritative data and engagements from 2021

Popularity of video games continues to increase, with women and 45-65 year-olds driving player growth Video Games Europe and EGDF present this year’s Key Facts – a comprehensive picture of Europe...
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Job vacancy: Executive Director, the Global Video Game Alliance (GVGA)
05/07/2022

Job vacancy: Executive Director, the Global Video Game Alliance (GVGA)

The Role Trade associations (the “Associations”) representing the video game industry (the “Industry”) in Europe, North America, Australia and Asia are seeking to appoint an Executive Direc...
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Video game industry shares best practice on Child Safety Online at Forum Europe conference, 30th June, Brussels
30/06/2022

Video game industry shares best practice on Child Safety Online at Forum Europe conference, 30th June, Brussels

Video Games Europe’s Head of Policy and Public Affairs Ann Becker will be sharing the video game sector’s 20 years of best practice in child protection at Forum Europe’s “Child Safety Online...
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Video game industry responds to Norwegian consumer association report on loot boxes
01/06/2022

Video game industry responds to Norwegian consumer association report on loot boxes

A new report from a consumer organisation in Norway on loot boxes fails to take into account existing rules and recent guidance from the European Commission that establishes rules on the avoid...
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