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First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Government partners with leading UK video games companies to help get essential health messaging into more UK homes
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
A new Easy Access IP licence has been granted for a game which helps stop cyber attacks
Government welcomes independent report
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Government launches £4million Video Games Prototype Fund to support UK video games development
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Minister for the Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey MP joined students at the University of Abertay Dundee today.
The CMA welcomes the Advertising Standards Authority decisions to uphold its complaints relating to 2 online children’s games.
The CMA has referred 3 online games to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to consider whether to launch investigations.
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From today, it is a criminal offence to sell video games with a “12” rating to those younger than that age.
A simpler and stronger age-rating system for video games will soon be law after proposals were today laid in Parliament
Employment Tribunal decision.
Ed Vaizey, Minister of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, announces Next Generation Skills Academy.
The Government has recognised the need to protect children from inappropriate content and has been working with industry representatives ahead…
Business Minister Mark Prisk and Creative Industries Minister Ed Vaizey viewed games from trailblazers including Mind Candy, Codemasters, Mediatonic…
The CMA has concluded its work monitoring the children's online and app-based games market.
The Armed Forces weren't the only ones to work flat out at the Olympics, scores of MOD civilians also gave up their holidays to volunteer. MOD civil servant Lorraine McBride joined the press operations team at Horse Guards Parade for...
The Science and Innovation team in France have organised a workshop to increase collaboration between academics and games developers.
Four awards and the Academy fellowship are presented to home-grown talent.
Mr Vaizey along with skills minister John Hayes welcomed an independent review of education and training in the UK games sector to be spearheaded…
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