Rating and Censorship/Region Information
International Game Developers Association
The contents of Rating and Censorship/Region Information are in-development. Please be patient while changes are formulated. Thank you!- Regional rating organisations
- History of game ratings and censorship
- Guidelines to ratings - what the ratings are, and what they are described to be.
- Examples of games rated
- Reviews of the rating practices
- Laws for game ratings
- Relevant history and culture information regarding censorship
If the region has got an organisation attached, then most of this will be linked to on the relevant organisation page.
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International Regions
International regions (continents and collections of countries) may have their own rating system for a group of countries, or may have a set of smimilar rating boards, cultural and historical information, or common laws which are worth noting.
Countries
There are around 245 different countries in the world. Every country has a different set of rating laws or organisations which rate game media. Some lack either laws or rating boards.
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Other regions
Other regions relevant to information for developers.
- None yet.
Adding a region
To add a region to the wiki, add a link to one (Format: [[/Region Name|Region Name]], the full name of the region) of the 3 alphabetical lists.
- International Regions covers a collection of countries
- Countries covers any named country under one government and set of common laws (such as the United Kingdom, which really is 4 countries).
- Other regions may be regional information for a group of countries without a name, or those with a common language but not geographically near each other.
For the page content, use the Example Region as a base.
