ESRB News Archive
2011
- 06/27/2011
ESRB Statement Regarding Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. EMA/ESA - 04/20/2011
ESRB Statement on FTC Mystery Shop Results - 04/18/2011
ESRB Introduces New Rating Process for Console Downloadable Video Games
2010
- 12/14/2010
ESRB Releases Mobile App That Lets Parents Find Rating Summaries Using Photo Recognition
- 12/8/2010
Chicago Blackhawks Stars Brian Campbell and Patrick Sharp Team Up With ESRB For PSA Campaign
- 10/18/2010
New ESRB Website Council Commits Top Game Enthusiast Sites to Industry Marketing Guidelines
- 09/28/2010
New Orleans Saints Stars Marques Colston and Devery Henderson Team Up With ESRB For PSA Campaign
2009
- 12/03/2009
ESRB Statement on FTC Report to Congress
- 12/01/2009
ESRB Releases Free Rating Search App For iPhone
- 10/01/2009
Delaware St. Rep. Keeley and St. Sen. Hall-Long Team Up For ESRB PSA Campaign
- 07/20/2009
Alabama AG Troy King Launches PSA On Video Game Ratings
- 05/28/2009
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino Launches New Ratings Education Campaign With ESRB
- 05/26/2009
Colorado AG John Suthers Launches PSA Campaign, Encourages Parents to Use Video Game Ratings
- 05/04/2009
South Carolina AG Henry McMaster Launches PSA Campaign on Video Game Ratings
2008
- 11/25/2008
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning Launches PSA Campaign on Video Game Ratings
- 11/24/2008
New Jersey Senate President Richard Codey Launches PSA Campaign on Video Game Ratings
- 11/12/2008
ESRB Announces New Video Game Rating Summaries
- 10/29/2008
ESRB Partners with Parenting.com to Educate Parents about Video Games and the Rating System In Time for the Holidays
- 05/08/2008
ESRB Statement Regarding FTC Retail Mystery Shop Results
- 04/25/2008
Entertainment Software Rating Board and National Institute on Media and the Family Remind Parents to Observe ESRB Ratings When Choosing Video Games for their Children
- 04/21/2008
ESRB and PTA Launch New National Campaign To Educate Parents About Game Ratings, Parental Controls and Online Video Game Safety
- 04/07/2008
ESRB Video Game Ratings Search "Widget" Unveiled: PTA & Public Officials Join ESRB To Raise Public Awareness - 04/01/2008
ESRB Partners With Clearspring Technologies To Launch New Video Game Ratings Search Widget
2007
- 12/19/2007
Texas AG Abbott Encourages Parents to Check Video Game Ratings
- 12/07/2007
Delaware Lieutenant Governor John Carney and Representative Helene Keeley Launch PSA Campaign on Video Game Ratings
- 12/04/2007
Oklahoma State Senator Glenn Coffee Launches PSA Campaign on Video Game Ratings
- 12/04/2007
ESRB Statement Regarding the 2007 NIMF Mediawise Video Game Report Card
- 11/02/2007
ESRB Statement Regarding Investigation into Manhunt 2
- 10/22/2007
Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire Featured in New ESRB PSA Campaign
- 10/03/2007
Idaho Attorney General Wasden Joins ESRB for PSA Campaign on Video Game Ratings
- 08/09/2007
ESRB and Rhode Island AG Patrick Lynch Launch Ratings Awareness Campaign
- 06/04/2007
ESRB and Good Housekeeping Team Up to Inform Parents About Video Games and Ratings
- 05/31/2007
ESRB And Ingram Entertainment Launch Initiative To Bolster Ratings Education And Enforcement Among Independent Retailers
- 05/04/2007
Parents Increasingly Using ESRB Ratings to Restrict the Video Games Their Children Play
- 04/12/2007
ESRB Statement on the FTC Report to Congress on the Marketing of Violent Entertainment to Children
2006
- 12/07/2006
Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Joe Lieberman Join ESRB to Launch Nationwide Video Game Ratings TV PSA Campaign
- 11/15/2006
ESRB and Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Launch Nationwide Video Game Ratings Education Partnership - 08/15/2006
ESRB and Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker Announce New PSA Campaign For Ratings Education - 06/26/2006
ESRB and Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff Team Up For Ratings Education PSA Campaign - 06/21/2006
ESRB Retail Council (ERC) Establishes Unprecedented "Commitment To Parents" with National Video Game Retailers - 06/14/2006
Testimony of ESRB President Patricia Vance Hearing Before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection - "Violent and Explicit Video Games: Informing Parents and Protecting Children" - 06/06/2006
ESRB and Penny Arcade Team Up To Create New Gamer PSA Campaign - 05/03/2006
ESRB Parent Advisory regarding rating change for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 05/03/2006
ESRB Changes Rating for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion from Teen to Mature - 04/08/2006
ESRB Announces Newly Enhanced, More User-Friendly Website - 04/03/2006
Statement by ESRB President Patricia E. Vance in response to the release of a Harvard School of Public Health study - 03/29/2006
Testimony of ESRB President Patricia Vance Before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Hearing on State Regulation of Violent Video Games and the First Amendment - 03/29/2006
Awareness, Use and Trust of ESRB Video Game Ratings Reach Historical High-Point Among Parents
2005
- 12/06/2005
ESRB Flunks National Institute for Media and the Family for its Disservice to Parents and their Children - 11/29/2005
ESRB Statement Regarding 2005 Mediawise Video Game Report Card with Video Game Ratings - 11/29/2005
ESRB President Patricia Vance joins Puerto Rico Secretary of Consumer Affairs Alejandro Garcia and retailers in commitment to video game ratings education - 11/14/2005
New Study Shows Parents Overwhelmingly Agree with Video Game Ratings - 07/20/2005
ESRB concludes Investigation into Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas; Revokes M (Mature) Rating - 07/14/2005
Statement By ESRB President Patricia Vance regarding announcement by Senator Hillary Clinton - 07/13/2005
Westchester County (NY) and ESRB Team Up to Inform Parents About Computer and Video Games - 07/08/2005
Statement By ESRB President Patricia Vance regarding Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Modification - 06/10/2005
Canadian Advisory Committee to provide advice on video game ratings - 05/05/2005
Majority of parents say they limit children's access to Mature-rated video games - 03/02/2005
ESRB announces the addition of a new rating category, E10+ (Everyone 10 and older), for games suitable for ages 10 and over
