Confusion for parents was the cited reason.

"There are no plans for ESRB to allow any factors outside the content and context of a game to influence the age rating," says organisation ...

PEGI is making big changes to Euro game ratings this summer, to factor in things like paid in-game purchases. US age ratings ...

"I can say that we have our ESRB rating, which was great, and we had to take nothing out for that," Willits said to IGN. "We're working with all the other ratings groups now, and I think that we're ...

Loot boxes seem to be grabbing hold as the big new monetization trend in video games and people are pushing back, claiming they're just a thinly veiled gambling system used to exploit players. The ...

Hellraiser: Revival officially receives its ESRB rating, and developer Saber Interactive promises none of the infamous gore will be missing.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Video games are typically rated one of two ways by the ESRB. Physical titles typically sold at retail go through a “long form” ...

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) is blasting recent reports that suggest the organization is planning to use facial recognition tech on children, adding that it has no intention of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. The ESRB made an announcement yesterday that it will now ...

Jerry Bonner, a former employee of the ESRB, has a column in the latest issue of EGM detailing what he perceived as flaws in the group's rating system during his time as a full-time rater. Bonner's ...