ESA partners with the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) to educate policymakers about the ESRB's video game rating system, which provides consumers with age - based ratings and
game content descriptors to help them make informed choices for their families.
Not exact matches
Pokémon Rumble World Platform: Nintendo 3DS Rating Category: E10 +
Content Descriptors: Mild Cartoon Violence Other: Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB (Nintendo 3DS) Rating Summary: This is an action
game in which players control toy versions of Pokémon characters through various stages.
The
content descriptors say the
game has «Fantasy Violence and Mild Language ``.
PEGI's gambling
content descriptor warns players a
game «teaches or encourages» gambling.
«That said, ESRB does disclose gambling
content should it be present in a
game via one of two
content descriptors: Simulated Gambling (player can gamble without betting or wagering real cash or currency) and Real Gambling (player can gamble, including betting or wagering real cash or currency).
Therefore, the
games that get a PEGI gambling
content descriptor either contain
content that simulates what is considered gambling or they contain actual gambling with cash payouts.
Our gambling
content descriptor is given to
games that simulate or teach gambling as it's done in real life in casinos, racetracks, etc..
Physical (e.g., boxed) video
games available for retail sale in the United States and Canada display the Rating Category on the front of the package and
Content Descriptors on the back when assigned.
Physical (e.g., boxed)
games display an ESRB Rating Category on the front of the box and
Content Descriptors on the back.
Content Descriptors are not intended to be a listing of every type of content one might encounter in the course of playing a game or using
Content Descriptors are not intended to be a listing of every type of
content one might encounter in the course of playing a game or using
content one might encounter in the course of playing a
game or using an app.
Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson has a
content descriptor from the ESRB for «partial nudity» and if you've played the
game you can see that is evident.
Despite this
game also having the same ESRB
content descriptor about «partial nutity» there are screenshots allowed.
This
descriptor may appear on PEGI 7 - rated
games with pictures or sounds that may be frightening or scary to young children, or on 12 - rated
games with horrific sounds or horror effects (but without actual violent
content).
Similar to the Entertainment Software Rating Board in the US, PEGI provides detailed recommendations regarding the age suitability of
game content in the form of age labels and
content descriptors on
game packages for over 10.000 computer and video
games in 30 European countries (PEGI 2010).
In the current study,
games were considered violent when PEGI had labeled them with a «violence»
content descriptor, indicating that the
game contains depictions of violence, and an age rating of 12, 16 or 18.