The British Board of Film Classification has listed a Game of the Year edition for Batman: Arkham Asylum, offering no details beyond the fact it’s a separate version under a different name. More »
In an attempt to counter unfair stereotypes about games, UK game industry trade organisation TIGA reveals that three times as many movies have been refused British Board of Film Classification ratings than games in the past five years. More »
Proof that in a world as big as Grand Theft Auto IV’s you can play it for months and never see all the game has to offer: apparently there’s a “recipe” for the production of methamphetamines hidden somewhere in the game. More »
The war between the British Board of Film Classification and the Pan-European Game Information system over UK game ratings comes to an end today, with PEGI to act as the UK’s sole age rating system. More »
If Konami does have plans to re-release the original Silent Hill for the Wii and PSP, as previously rumoured, that announcement must be coming soon, as the BBFC has just recently rated the title.
When the Resident Evil 5 trailer was first shown, it raised some eyebrows. Some were critical, saying the set-in-Africa game used racist imagery.
Upcoming Wii title MadWorld has made it through the British rating board, the BBFC. There will be no content changes to game — probably the most violent title since No More Heroes.
The British Board of Film Classification have given Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, an 18-rating. No surprise there, but the classification also mentions that there’s 168 minutes of cutscenes in the game.
The consultation period for the UK’s Byron Review into age ratings and the effects of videogames on children has now concluded and the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) have presented their report to the UK Government.
