The Government has announced it will adopt the Pan European Game Information ratings system as the “sole method” for classifying video games in the UK.

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) and the Pan European Game Information (PEGI) have been locked in a battle for quite some time now, and today, the Government confirms that all video games will go through the ratings system used by the PEGI.

Page 3 of the Building Britain’s Digital Future reports states that the Government will…

“adopt the PEGI (Pan European Game Information) system as the sole method of classifying video games in the UK, implementing the recommendations of the Byron Review to put all games rated 12 or over on a statutory footing.”

BBFC Director, David Cooke says…

“The BBFC has always supported PEGI and wished it well, but it continues to believe that it satisfies these requirements better than PEGI. However, it will cooperate fully in the detailed work needed to give effect to the Government’s decision.”

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