According to the report, though, the commissioner's goal is not to prohibit the sale of games deemed inappropriate for minors, but rather to encourage the game industry itself to “exercise self-restraint” concerning the games it produces.
In addition, Frattini has also urged the European Union to examine the established rules for video game labeling and sale to minors - though it appears that Rule Of Rose's 18+ PEGI rating makes it unavailable to minors in Europe.
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(where it is rated M for Mature) and will debut via 505 Game Street in Europe next week (where it is rated 18+ by PEGI), tells the tale of a young girl named Jennifer who through a series of circumstances becomes involved with a group of devious children who torment both her and her canine companion.īecause of this, Frattini has called for a dialog between both government and video game industry representatives concerning the moderation of video game content as a means to “explore the usefulness of and necessity for a voluntary code of conduct on the production of interactive games for children.”
Europe's justice and security commissioner Franco Frattini has written a letter to European government officials about violent video games and their availability to minors, calling out the PlayStation 2 survival horror title Rule of Rose as one of particular concern.Īccording to a Reuters report, Frattini is asking for the topic to be discussed by interior and justice ministers when the groups meet next month in Brussels, and then as part of a meeting with the game industry itself in early 2007.įrattini noted in his letter that he was “shocked” by PS2 title Rule of Rose's “obscene cruelty and brutality.” The Punchline-created game, which is published by Atlus in the U.S.
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