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ESRB launches ratings search widget

The ESRB and Clearspring Technologies have launched a free ratings widget allowing a search of more than 14,000 titles
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Dr Tanya Byron: Part Two

Dr Byron's views on her ratings choice, and what she believes actually affects children
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Dr Tanya Byron: Part One

The Review author talks to <emph>GamesIndustry.biz</emph> about media reaction and her views on the games industry
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BBFC: Resource claims are "nonsense"

Ratings board tells <emph>GamesIndustry.biz</emph> that concerns over workload are unfounded and clarifies title count
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TIGA responds to Byron Review

Tiga backs Byron's call for providing better information but has reservations about burden to games industry
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BBFC: "We are ready"

Ratings body welcomes Byron's finding, insists it can handle greater responsibility for games classification
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BBFC to rate all 12-plus games

PEGI still to have a role with under-12 titles, and the two must work together for online ratings
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Byron Review to be published March 27

<i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> has learnt that the Byron Review — the government's anticipated study into the effects of violent imagery and content in interactive media — is due to be published on March 27.
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DCMS: Manhunt 2 a BBFC/VAC matter

The UK government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport has told <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> that it has no plans to intervene in the planned release of Manhunt 2 in the UK.
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Downing Street receives developer petition

A petition on the UK government's Downing Street website has attracted over 500 signatures from people expressing "horror" at the increasingly difficult conditions facing videogame developers in the UK.