A new games industry study by the BBFC has warned developers may have to start self-regulating their content as graphic games imagery becomes more realistic.
The research, designed to "to improve understanding of what players enjoy about video games, and to explain their preferences for particular games" was conducted by interviewing gamers and games industry professionals. It also set out to find out what impact players think playing games have on them and their behaviour, and what players think about the violence in some games.
Filing a false DMCA claim costs nothing, requires no proof, and can destroy an indie game's launch in minutes. Fighting back can cost tens of thousands of dollars and take weeks (if you can afford it at all).
Copyright is copyright. DMCA is a good thing that protects creators IP., revenue and usage. and you can absolutely appeal a wrongful DMCA takedown. It’s happened to me. Was easily resolved.
it's a good thing, but it's also long been reported, across a variety of industries and websites, that currently the system is ripe for and full of abuses. From fair use strikes, to matters like the one reported in this article. It's clear the law needs some tooth to punish bad actors and that parameters need to be set in how reports are filed; ie human review of said content and not some AI bot false flagging stuff. As is the system is far to easily abused by those who have motive to suppress and flag content they have no business or right to.
Until there's genuine consequences for this type of abuse, it'll keep happening across all media. DMCA is in principle a good thing, but it needs an overhaul.
The Montreal-based team behind March of Giants joins Ubisoft to continue development on the free-to-play 4v4 MOBA game where players take on the role of giant combatants.
The global gaming market is projected to reach $188.9 billion in 2025, with North America and Europe accounting for 46% of total spending despite representing just 20% of the world’s player base. A new report from Newzoo in collaboration with Tebex provides a detailed breakdown of how players are paying for games and which regions are seeing the fastest growth.
Wow, the global gaming market keeps exploding! $188.9 billion in 2025 is huge, and it’s interesting that North America and Europe make up nearly half of the spending despite only 20% of players. Shows how monetization strategies and payment systems really shape the industry. Platforms like https://nowplix.com/platfor... are also riding this growth by tracking trends and payments across regions — a smart way to see where the action is.
from now on if i see anyone playing a game they are not old enough to be playing i am going to take it out of their system and snap it !
i will not have my games kiddyfied because people are stupid !
hay kid you enjoying gta are ya !
yes its ace !
oh thats nice kid ..... SNAP !
you broke my game !!!
yep HA HA HA !
I don't think Halo with its alien killing masterchief is going to encourage anyone into mass murder,because players are always aware that this is fiction and just a game featuring aliens and an oversized armour clad hero. How realistic is that? Not very,i suggest.However,GTA is a whole different ball game in my opinion,because GTA and its like, purposely try to emulate,what is actually happening on the streets.In deed, some of the players are probably in gang etc themselves. This has the effect of making such games far more suggestable and likely to spur players to act out what they see in the game,because many people can relate to what they see.Its reality aspect of the game that becomes dangerous, not the gore factor.What do you think?