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- Parenting.com and ESRB Partner to Educate Parents About Video Games and the Rating System in Time for the Holidays
- The Entertainment Software Rating Board ESRB , the non-profit, self-regulatory body which assigns age and content ratings for video games, has partnered with Bonnier Corp.'s Parenting Group to offer moms a series of new online tools and content on Parenting.com that will help them make informed choices...
- Research articles 2008-10-29
- Governor Rendell Reminds Parents to Understand, Use Video Game Ratings
- To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Chuck Ardo of the Pennsylvania Office of the Governor, +1-717-783-1116 HARRISBURG, Pa.,Jan. 15/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Governor Edward G. Rendell today reminded Pennsylvania parents to check the ratings of video games before purchasing the games for their children. Parents face many tough decisions about the images and media...
- Research articles 2008-01-15
- Group issues warnings on graphic sex, violent video games
- WASHINGTON -- Graphic scenes of gunshot victims spurting blood and a man urinating into a prisoner's cell are included among the 10 video games that a media watchdog group warns should be avoided by kids and teens under 17. With the holiday shopping season in full swing,...
- Research articles 2007-12-05
- 'Manhunt 2' video game removed from major US retail chain
- SAN FRANCISCO, United States AFP — A major US retail chain yanked "Manhunt 2" from its shelves after hackers published ways to resurrect gory scenes blurred to make the ultra-violent video game tamer. Shortly after "Manhunt 2" was released this week, hackers found a way to restore obscured scenes,...
- Research articles 2007-11-08
- Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
- Patricia Vance has been named to the Calabasas-based Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' board of directors. Vance currently serves as president of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board ESRB, where she is responsible for the oversight and enforcement of the computer and video game industry's self-regulatory practices. In her new...
- Research articles 2007-10-29
- Schwarzenegger appeals ruling against video game law
- SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger filed an appeal Wednesday in his battle to keep children from buying violent video games, but the industry fired back, accusing the state of wasting taxpayer dollars and filing court papers that seek to recover nearly $325,000 in legal fees from the state. ...
- Research articles 2007-09-06
- Governor appeals video game ruling
- SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger filed an appeal Wednesday in his battle to keep children from buying violent video games, but the industry fired back, accusing the state of wasting taxpayer dollars and filing court papers that seek to recover nearly $325,000 in legal fees from the state. ...
- Research articles 2007-09-06
- ESRB and Ingram Entertainment Launch Initiative to Bolster Ratings Education and Enforcement Among Independent Retailers
- To: RETAILING EDITORSContact: Eliot Mizrachi of Entertainment Software Rating Board, +1- 917-522-3235, emizrachi@esrb.org; or Seth Robertson of Ingram Entertainment Inc., +1-615-287-4542, seth.robertson@ingramentertainment.com NEW YORK, May 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Entertainment Software Rating Board ESRB and entertainment product distributor Ingram Entertainment Inc. today announced the launch of an initiative through which...
- Research articles 2007-05-31
- Activision Survey Reveals Strong Majority of Parents Find ESRB Videogame Ratings Highly Effective and Influential.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-5 December 2006-Top Of Our Radar: Activision Survey Reveals Strong Majority of Parents Find ESRB Videogame Ratings Highly Effective and InfluentialC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05122006 Activision, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) publishes interactive entertainment software products worldwide. It offers a portfolio of...
- Research articles 2006-12-05
- Video games controversial since 1940s
- By Brian D. Crecente SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE The release of "Bully," a new video game from the creators of "Grand Theft Auto" scheduled out in October, has once again created controversy in the gamer world. The game, which some have deemed a...
- Research articles 2006-08-15
- Video games controversial since 1940s
- By Brian D. Crecente SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE The release of "Bully," a new video game from the creators of "Grand Theft Auto" scheduled out in October, has once again created controversy in the gamer world. The game, which some have deemed a...
- Research articles 2006-08-15
- VIOLENT CONTENT IN VIDEO GAMES
- Statement of Lydia Parnes Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection Federal Trade Commission Committee on House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection June 14, 2006 Introduction Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Ms. Schakowsky, I am Lydia Parnes, Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade...
- Research articles 2006-06-22
- New Study Shows Parents Overwhelmingly Agree with ESRB Video Game Ratings
- NEW YORK -- Parents continue to overwhelmingly agree with computer and video game ratings assigned by the Entertainment Software Rating Board ESRB according to a study released today and conducted by leading opinion research firm Peter D. Hart Research Associates. The study shows that parents agree with the ESRB ratings...
- Research articles 2005-11-14
- Your Money Matters; FTC alert helps consumers decode video game ratings before purchase
- Michigan Chronicle 08-09-2005 A new publication from the Federal Trade Commission will help consumers use rating symbols on video games to decide whether a particular game is suitable before they buy or rent it. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 83 percent of children aged eight to 18 live in...
- Research articles 2005-08-09
- Your Money Matters; FTC alert helps consumers decode video game ratings before purchase
- Michigan Chronicle 08-09-2005 A new publication from the Federal Trade Commission will help consumers use rating symbols on video games to decide whether a particular game is suitable before they buy or rent it. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 83 percent of...
- Research articles 2005-08-09
- Pressure from National Institute on Media and the Family Means New Rating for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas; Institute Urges Independent Video Game Rating System
- MINNEAPOLIS -- Pressure from the National Institute on Media and the Family resulted in the Entertainment Software Rating Board ESRB today revoking the M-rating for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The National Institute on Media and the Family now calls upon all retailers to immediately pull the video game from...
- Research articles 2005-07-20
- Stuff Your Stocking with the Girls of Spring Break as TOPHEAVY Studios Ships 'The Guy Game' for the Personal Computer
- AUSTIN, Texas -- Ho, ho, ho, takes on a new meaning this holiday season as TOPHEAVY Studios ships The Guy Game - the first-ever video game to feature hours of live-action video clips of topless women during Spring Break for the personal computer. Released in September for the PlayStationR2 computer...
- Research articles 2004-12-20
- TOPHEAVY Studios' and Gathering's, 'The Guy Game' in Stores Now
- AUSTIN, Texas -- Twice as much action pops from the screen in an all-new trivia challenge as TOPHEAVY Studios and Gathering, today announced The Guy GameTM, a new video game culled from the sands of Spring Break, is in stores now. Available for the PlayStationR2 computer entertainment system and the...
- Research articles 2004-09-01
- Major Retailers Announce New Campaign to Enforce Video Game Rating System
- WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The nation's leading computer and video game retailers, in conjunction with the Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association IEMA, announced today a new initiative designed to prevent the sale of Mature- rated games to children under 17 years old and increase awareness of the Entertainment Software...
- Research articles 2003-12-08
- Survey Shows Parents Approve of Video Game Ratings; As Holiday Shopping Season Peaks, Entertainment Software Rating Board Reminds Parents, ``Always Check the Rating''
- Business Editors/Entertainment & Multimedia Writers NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 9, 2002 An independent consumer survey released today by the Entertainment Software Rating Board ESRB found that parents overwhelmingly approve of the ratings assigned to computer and video games. "Parents can shop with confidence, knowing that ESRB ratings give...
- Research articles 2002-12-09
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