Tag Archives: parents

"They're accessible enough to be used by families aiming to fill the coming weeks with educational activities"

"We are delighted to see that parental involvement in children’s in-game spending is increasing"

A game’s front of box age rating warns parents about a title’s content, but figuring out what ability is required to play the game is altogether trickier. That’s a problem website Everybody Plays is hoping to address with the launch today of its new EPAL (Everybody Plays Ability Level) system. …

Rockstar’s phenomenally successful Grand Theft Auto V has been named as the game parents would least like their kids to receive this Christmas. WHICH IS WHY IT’S AN 18-RATED TITLE! But that momentary outburst of indignant fury aside, returning to the story in question a survey on Babies.co.uk suggested that …

The UK family games site has launched a new tool to help parents find the games most suitable for their children. Dubbed The Game Finder, the new feature allows parents to submit a variety of criteria such as their child’s age, choice of console and level of questionable content. The …

PEGI age ratings have been law in the UK for a whole week now. But the battle is only just beginning. The successful introduction of a single, legally enforceable age ratings system for video games software is a tremendous victory for a games industry that is still fighting those who …

A survey from Playr2.com has claimed that as many as 36 per cent of parents check the age restrictions of games their children are playing. Of that 36 per cent, 55 per cent claimed that in their opinion age restriction on games didn’t matter”. 51 per cent of the respondents …

Up-and-coming Swedish gaming blog Svampriket is introducing a new section, called Junior, aimed at younger children – and their parents. The strandis a development of their previous video blog series, Mamma Pappa Barn, where children played games and talked about them with an eye to the younger demographic and their …

Ubisoft has released a physical starter pack for its browser-based game and popular girls’ property Imagine Online. This launched in France last week but will arrive in the UK and the rest of Europe next year. It is priced at €14.99 and includes one-month diamond membership for the browser-based free-to-play …

One of the most unusual games in EA’s Q4 line-up is aimed at parents. Create is a new art package that gives players the tools to decorate worlds and add props to complete puzzles. The publisher says this unique concept was developed after looking at similar titles on the market that …