The games ratings boards are currently working in overdrive, with a spate of high-profile recommendations for and criticisms of current practices by reviewers and government bodies. The latest group to weigh in is the European Commission, whose member states currently operate under the voluntary PEGI system, after the results of a survey describing national differences in enforcement exposed a spectrum of attitudes. From the BBC:
The survey found that 20 states currently use Pegi and back up its recommendations on who should play particular games by different means. ... The survey said Germany and Lithuania were the only countries with specific laws governing how all games are sold. Malta has enacted broader laws on the same of games and a further 15 have laws that ban the sale of harmful games to minors.
Four nations, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Romania and Slovenia, have no laws relating to the sale of harmful games.
The Commission aims to distribute a code of conduct for retailers across the region.
