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September 2008

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26th September, 2008

Jack Thompson permanently disbarred

Published at 08:45AM

US anti-videogames attorney also forced to pay $43,675 in legal fees to the Florida Bar.

23rd September, 2008

Conservative Party next on Tiga's political hit list

Published at 11:38AM

Wilson to speak at Party Conference this weekend; MPs invited to LGF event

BBFC defends itself from latest ELSPA attack

Published at 10:52AM

Board rejects claims of not being fit to rate videogames

100,000 vote in Xbox Live presidential poll

Published at 02:30AM

Console and PC votes more than Gallup, NBC and CNN combined

22nd September, 2008

ELSPA tells Labour: BBFC is not fit for purpose

Published at 01:50PM

BBFC is too lenient and downgrades 18-rated games, claims Jackson

19th September, 2008

Tiga to speak up for games at Labour Party Conference

Published at 02:08PM

Wilson to join Margaret Hodge in highlighting benefits of UK business to MPs

16th September, 2008

EA, Microsoft and GameStop awarded top marks from Gay Rights Group

Published at 02:52PM

Three videogame companies score 100 per cent on treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people

9th September, 2008

EGDF calls for grant proposals

Published at 11:48AM

Application process now open for EU Commission's interactive media grants

5th September, 2008

Publishers call for UK government to adopt PEGI

Published at 12:25PM

Nintendo, Codemasters and Mastertronic respond to calls from the culture minister to propose age ratings solution

3rd September, 2008

Varying censorship rules are "frustrating" - Hines

Published at 08:04AM

Fallout 3 product manager explains the ratings complications for global titles

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