LO1: Ratings

PEGI

• Pan European Game Information

Types of Labels

•   - Violence - games that depict violence.
•   - Bad Language - games that contain bad language.
•   - Fear - game may be frightening or scary to young children.
•   - Sex - games that depict nudity and/or sexual behaviour or references.
•   - Drugs - games that refer to or depicts the use of drugs.
•   - Discrimination - games that contain material which may encourage discrimination.
•   - Gambling - games that encourage or teach gambling.
•   - Online Play - games that can be played online.

•   - PEGI 3 - Given to games given this rating is considered suitable for all age groups. People should not be able to associate the character on the screen with real life characters, and the game should not contain any sounds or pictures that are likely to scare or frighten young children.  No bad language should be heard.

•   - PEGI 7 - Any game that would normally be rated at 3 but contains some possibly frightening scenes or sounds may be considered suitable in this category.

•   - PEGI 12 - Games that show violence of a slightly more graphic nature towards fantasy character and/or non graphic violence towards human looking characters or recognisable animals, as well games that show nudity of a slightly more graphic level would fall into this age category. Any bad language in this category must be mild and all short of sexual expletives.

•   - PEGI 16 - Applied when the depiction of violence or sexual activity reaches a stage that looks the same as would be expected in real life. The use of tobacco and drugs, criminal activities and more extreme bad language can all be content of a game of this rating.

•   - PEGI 18 - This is an adult classification. This is applied when the level of violence reaches gross violence and includes other specific types of violence too. As it is difficult to define it is generally classified as depictions of violence that would make the viewer feel a sense of revulsion.

•   - PEGI OK - For a game to receive this rating it must be an online game and not contain any of the following: violence, sexual activity or sexual innuendo, nudity, bad language, gambling, promotion or use of drugs, promotions of alcohol or tobacco or scary scenes.