The ESRB spokesperson said, “If a player or user is looking to sign up for a new service and they are under the age of 13, they will be prompted to provide their parent’s email address to ...

Black Ops 7 has received its official ESRB rating, coming with a detailed description that offers some glimpses into the game ...

The ESRB has announced that it will roll out a new warning label for physical game releases indicating to consumers that the game will contain some form of in-game purchases. The agency described ...

Software ESRB says proposed age verification scan is misunderstood: It doesn't 'confirm the identity of users' and is unrelated to videogame age ratings News By Andy Chalk published July 25, 2023 ...

ROCCO BUFFALINO (ESRB): Just gotta point Google Translate on it and brute force my way through. So how I got here… this was back in 2005. I had a friend who was working here — I didn’t know ...

Soon after Lee introduced his legislation, Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-New Hampshire) sent a letter to the ESRB’s president, Patricia Vance, asking her to account for loot crates’ presence within ...

“ESRB does not consider loot boxes to be gambling. While there’s an element of chance in these mechanics, the player is always guaranteed to receive in-game content (even if the player ...

The ESRB, a self-regulatory body started by the ESA, works more for publishers than consumers, and you can bet that publishers want this issue to go away as soon as possible.

The ESRB has streamlined the rating process for indie developers over the years -- in 2011, it rolled out a free, automatic rating system for digital games; it's still free today.

ESRB Adversary and Lawyer Targets Killer 7 Jack Thompson says Capcom's psycho-thriller deserves an Adults Only rating and that if the ESRB won't do it, it should be dismantled.

EM: I can’t stress enough that the ESRB has no reluctance whatsoever to assign the AO rating when it’s warranted, even if it’s for violent or other non-sexual content.

The ESRB is basically a by-product of concerned parents. Fine. Keep parents attuned to what their children are playing. I have no quarrel with that. But keep Uncle Sam and the ESA out of it.