21 Mar 2012
| by John Reynolds
The Government is to introduce tax breaks for the UK's troubled games industry, while the level...executive of TIGA, said: "Tax relief for the video games sector will increase employment, innovation and investment in the UK video games industry. Our research shows that Games Tax Relief should generate ...
for the UK games industry comes on the same day that high-street gaming store Game announced it was going ...
23 Sep 2008
| by Gemma Charles
LONDON - The video games industry is fighting tooth and nail to prevent the Government from...classification system being mooted. At present the task of classifying video games is shared between the Pan ...
, this had received an 18 classification under PEGI but a 12 by the BBFC. Realising that video games do ...
PEGI is also better equipped to deal with online video gaming as it has the better knowledge ...
04 Jun 1998
| by DOMINIC CARTER, Group Head, The Sun
The Home Office is warning games magazine publishers to clean up
their act to avoid government...rating on all press and poster advertising for violent
video games, such as Tomb Raider 2 and Resident ...
The Home Office is warning games magazine publishers to clean up
their act to avoid government ...
has written to magazine trade body, the Periodical
Publishers Association, and the Video Standards ...
06 Apr 2009
| by Gemma Charles
LONDON - The British Army is seeking to attract recruits through a wide-ranging online gaming...of the video game Doom, that test a variety of skills including observation, problem solving, intelligence ...
17 Apr 2002
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
parodies console driving games for the PlayStation generation.
29 Oct 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Video game publisher SCi is suing the British Board of Film
Classification over its decision...Video game publisher SCi is suing the British Board of Film
Classification over its decision to ask child psychologists to vet its
controversial video game Carmageddon II.
It was revealed ...
crash game, (Marketing,
October 15) before awarding it an age certificate.
However, SCi ...
09 Mar 2000
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
Sega has been forced to alter advertising for its Dreamcast games
console after the Independent...Sega has been forced to alter advertising for its Dreamcast games
console after the Independent ...
s TV advertising, created by WCRS, claims its features
include: Internet. E-mail. Online gaming . But the ITC upheld
complaints that online gaming is not yet a feature. Following an
investigation ...
15 Oct 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
) for the first time to assess the impact of a
violent car crash video game....) for the first time to assess the impact of a
violent car crash video game.
The film censors ...
BBFC certification.
In the game, players score points for mowing down pedestrians. The first
version of the game was given an 18 certificate on appeal, after the
BBFC originally refused it a ...
08 Mar 2012
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
are turning to the domestic market to avoid the downturn in UK tourism caused by the Olympic Games....Speaking to Marketing at the launch of VisitEngland s 5m marketing campaign yesterday (7 March), Beresford said this year's torch relay, cultural Olympiad and Diamond Jubilee, as well as the London 2012 Games, will provide multiple opportunities to showcase the UK.
However, he acknowledged ...
26 May 2000
| by DAVID MCCORMACK
The Conservative Party has offered its defeated London mayoral
candidate Steve Norris a senior campaigning role in advance of the next
general election.
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