Sunday, February 10th 2008
UK Censorship Board to Review Game Rating Policy
With violent video games such as Manhunt 2 causing controversy, the British government is reconsidering the exact rating system. At this point, games are given to the British Board of Film Classification, who slaps an appropriate rating on the game. Selling games to children under the rating's age class is grounds for arrest. However, up to 90% of games needing a high-class rating bypass this system by getting their games rated by the much more relaxed PEGI system. And so, the British government decided that it was high time to change things around. No matter how things turn out, the British government wants their citizens to know that this is being done to "protect children from damaging games". They also want you to know that their definition of a damaging game involves "gross violence towards humans or animals, human sexual or excretory activity, or scenes that would show people how to commit a crime".
Source:
The Inquirer
7 Comments on UK Censorship Board to Review Game Rating Policy
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What annoys me though, is that they rate something equivalent to say, your AO rating, and the game will never be sold in the UK, even though legally adults can buy it....
I think they're missing the point of an age rating system. I mean Woolworths has started selling porn for fucks sake, why won't they sell an AO rated game?