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Video Games Europe presents GameTrack to measure entire games market
30/05/2012

Video Games Europe presents GameTrack to measure entire games market

Video Games Europe has officially presented GameTrack today in London. GameTrack is a new multi-country tracking survey designed to provide a complete view of the video games market. Video Games Eur...
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2011 PEGI Annual Report
23/03/2012

2011 PEGI Annual Report

PEGI S.A. has published its annual report, bringing a complete overview of the PEGI system and its organisation in 2011. The report includes detailed information about the procedures of the PEGI syst...
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Violence in Video Games and Aggression: a Literature Review
09/01/2012

Violence in Video Games and Aggression: a Literature Review

The Swedish Media Council, a government agency that aims to reduce the risk of harmful media influences on minors and empower them as conscious media users, has performed a literature review of all t...
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Games Used To Tell News Stories
16/12/2011

Games Used To Tell News Stories

Gaming mechanics are being used more and more by online media to tell stories, since they manage to illustrate the impact of certain events or actions much better than putting it in plain words. Sarah...
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Successful 2nd edition of Paris Games Week
23/11/2011

Successful 2nd edition of Paris Games Week

The second edition of Paris Games Week (21-25 October) saw a 50% increase of visitors. More than 180,000 people attended the show to see the newly announced games. A special family zone was created to...
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DigiWorld Summit 2011 Video Games Seminar – 16 & 17th November
28/09/2011

DigiWorld Summit 2011 Video Games Seminar – 16 & 17th November

As part of the DigiWorld Programme, the DigiWorld Summit is the annual key event of IDATE, aiming to bring the most important actors of the ICT together for 2 days, to discuss the hottest issues t...
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2010 PEGI Annual Report
01/03/2011

2010 PEGI Annual Report

PEGI S.A. has published its new annual report, bringing a complete overview of the PEGI system and its organisation in 2010. The report includes detailed information about the procedures of the PEGI s...
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Safer Internet Day 2011
08/02/2011

Safer Internet Day 2011

PEGI is a participant and supporter of the 8th edition of Safer Internet Day which is celebrated in more than 60 countries across the world. The topic for 2011 is "our virtual lives" around the sloga...
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02/07/2010

Infographic: Gamers in Europe

Here's a quick peek at a few statistics from the European Consumer Survey 2010 released by Video Games Europe...
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Video Games Europe publishes 2010 European Consumer Survey
29/06/2010

Video Games Europe publishes 2010 European Consumer Survey

Video Games Europe has published its 2010 European Consumer Survey, the broadest, most in-depth study of adult gamers and non-gaming parents in Europe. According to the study, conducted in 18 count...
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PEGI in the UK
15/06/2009

PEGI in the UK

16 June 2009 : VSC welcomes UK government decision to grant it new powers to rate video games. The Video Standards Council (VSC) is to become the designated authority for classifying video games i...
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Protecting Human Rights Online: New guidelines for online games and ISP’s
03/10/2008

Protecting Human Rights Online: New guidelines for online games and ISP’s

Strasbourg, 03.10.2008.- The Council of Europe has launched, in close cooperation with European online game designers and publishers and Internet service providers, two sets of guidelines which ai...
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PEGI Online Enhances Protection for European Children Playing Online
09/05/2007

PEGI Online Enhances Protection for European Children Playing Online

Brussels, 29th May 2007 - The Interactive Software Federation of Europe (Video Games Europe) has announced the launch of the PEGI Online website. PEGI Online is a system designed to help parents and...
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13/01/2006

Almost 60% of UK Teachers Wants Games in Classroom

13 January 2006 - A MORI Poll investigating teachers’ attitudes to mainstream computer games has revealed that 59% would consider using them in the classroom for educational purposes. The willi...
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PEGI Celebrates First Two Years of Operations
14/12/2004

PEGI Celebrates First Two Years of Operations

Brussels, December 14, 2004. PEGI, the Pan European Game Information system that provides harmonized age classification of interactive software throughout Europe is poised to celebrate its first t...
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New Pan-European Age Rating System For Video Games
24/04/2003

New Pan-European Age Rating System For Video Games

April 24, 2003 – The European Interactive Games industry today announced the launch of the first ever pan-European age rating system for computer and video games, designed to provide rea...
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