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BBFC launches voluntary online ratings

The BBFC has launched a voluntary ratings system for online games, the Guardian reports, extending its established ratings labels such as U, 15 and 18 to digital downloads.

According to the site:

Web stores and services that sign up to the new content ratings system, called BBFC Online, will apply the guidance labels to downloaded and streamed films, TV shows and computer games - whether distributed via the internet, TV set-top boxes, games consoles or mobile devices.

The new online scheme features the eight familiar BBFC ratings symbols including U, 15 and 18 seen in cinemas and on DVD releases.

The BBFC said several "key media players were poised to sign", while Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Europe have already joined.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.

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