Roguelike indie card game Balatro has been rated 18+ by the European video game content rating system PEGI.

Balatro's developer, LocalThunk, took to X late last week to tear into the decision, writing: "Since PEGI gave us an 18+ rating for having evil playing cards, maybe I should add microtransactions ...

PEGI becomes the sole age rating system for UK games. But is there any point when so few people look at them? News By Justin Towell published 30 July 2012 At least the BBFC logo had an air of legality ...

PEGI's new age-ratings system was recommended way back in 2008 by the Byron Report, which suggested that parents were confused by multiple age-ratings logos on games and that there was a clear ...

PEGI logos and descriptors already appear, but the new updated system together with extended written advice on all UK packaging will start to appear late spring/early summer.

The PEGI age-ratings have actually been around for longer - for 21 years - but it wasn't until 2012 they became the sole age-rating system for games in the UK.

The PEGI system is now used in more than 30 nations. The videogame trade association, Tiga, say the Pan European Game Information (PEGI) rating systems has "room for improvement". Tiga's chief, Dr ...

Yes, it's time to say a fond farewell to those bright 15 and 18 logos on games. PEGI is now in charge with a completely different set of age ratings - 12+ to 18+ with a few pauses in the middle to ...

THE PEGI symbol age ratings on games have been around for two decades. PEGI, the Pan European Game Information organisation, came up with the symbols in 2003. The organisation plucked out five age … ...

The Video Standards Council has confirmed that the proposed changes to the UK video games age ratings system – making PEGI legally enforceable – will be implemented from April 1, 2011.

But repeated delays, challenges and behind-the-scenes issues means that today’s video games still feature a hybrid rating system, with both BBFC and PEGI logos currently on somegame packaging.

In the wake of confirmation that PEGI will be the sole system for rating games in the UK, the body has unveiled the final design of its new logos. All games released in the UK will feature one of ...