FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 5, 2019 – MEDIA NEWS RELEASE – INTERNATIONAL VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY ESTABLISHES UNIVERSAL ESPORTS PRINCIPLES FOR FUN & FAIR PLAY Today the video game industry, including representatives from across Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, released a unifying set of principles for esports... Read More
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Riot Games join IGEA
MEDIA RELEASE Sydney, Australia: 29 October, 2019 – The Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (IGEA) has today announced that Riot Games has joined the association, just as its incredibly popular debut title, League of Legends has celebrated its 10th birthday. Riot Games has successfully developed and published League of Legends which has... Read More
IGEA welcomes Game Plus as a member
Sydney, Australia: 19 September 2019– The Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (IGEA) has today announced that Game Plus has joined the association, the first member that focuses on providing collaborative working spaces for game developers throughout Australia. Game Plus has co-operative work spaces in Canberra, Aaide and Sydney with custom fitouts to... Read More
Research reveals ‘The Power of Games’ in New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand – 4th September 2019 – The Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (IGEA) has today released new research into the impact and power of video games in New Zealand, revealing that two-thirds of New Zealanders play video games and nine out of 10 households own a video game device. Digital New... Read More
IGEA statement on recent classification decisions regarding DayZ
Recently the Australian Classification Board issued a ‘Refused Classification’ (RC) for the boxed version of the video game DayZ, despite the game being available digitally within Australia with an MA15+ classification. There has also been reporting that following this RC decision, the classification for the digital version of the game has been... Read More
Global Video Game Industry Commits to Further Inform Consumer Purchases
8 August 2019 – Today, a number of major international video game companies announced new initiatives to help consumers make informed choices about their purchases. The initiatives were announced at a workshop hosted by the US Federal Trade Commission in Washington on loot boxes, attended by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), IGEA’s counterpart... Read More