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
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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
IGEA announces Digital New Zealand 2020 (DNZ20) – The Power of Games, launch events
IGEA will be launching Digital New Zealand 2020 (DNZ20) in September 2019. The report is a culmination of over 9 years of research on how, why and who plays video games in New Zealand DNZ20 explores the Power of Games to entertain, transform, create, connect, communicate, live well and educate. There will... 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
Submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Consultation on Digital Trade in the Context of the WTO e-Commerce Negotiations
IGEA has made a submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s consultation on digital trade in the context of the WTO E-commerce negotiations. We recognise the leading role that Australia has taken to kick-start the WHO negotiations on trade-related aspects of electronic commerce. Our submission seeks to support the Government’s... Read More
Submission to the New Zealand Inland Revenue Consultation on Options for Taxing the Digital Economy
IGEA has made a submission to the New Zealand Inland Revenue’s consultation on options for ta the digital economy. IGEA’s submission made the following arguments: The case for a digital services tax has not been made, noting that taxation questions related to scale without mass, user value creation and intangible assets are not unique... Read More