"I can well understand the frustration on the outside," says Laurie Hall, director general of the Video Standards Council, reflecting on the five-year marathon to simplify age ratings for games in the ...

More than half of all games released in the UK are suitable for the entire family. According to a report published by the Video Standards Council (VSC) - the regulatory body responsible for assigning ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. When the British government presented its thoughts on how to keep ...

Most of you in the U.K. and some of you in the U.S. will remember the Byron report, a government-commissioned report done by a TV psychologist. Many gamers found the report bland, but the basic gist ...

With PEGI about to take over full-time compulsory game ratings in the UK, Video Standards Council boss Laurie Hall, the man in charge of implementing PEGI in Britain, has said its system will be ...

Today the UK government has announced that the PEGI ratings system is to become the standard form of classification for computer games. The Video Standards Council (VSC) will oversee the ...

When the British government presented its thoughts on how to keep Britain at the cutting edge in the digital age, gaming got its fair share of attention. As well as a number of issues around game ...