ESRB News Archive
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 - 8/15/2006
ESRB and Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker Announce New PSA Campaign For Ratings Education - 6/26/2006
ESRB and Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff Team Up For Ratings Education PSA Campaign - 6/21/2006
ESRB Retail Council (ERC) Establishes Unprecedented "Commitment To Parents" with National Video Game Retailers - 6/14/2006
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" - 6/6/2006
ESRB and Penny Arcade Team Up To Create New Gamer PSA Campaign - 5/3/2006
ESRB Parent Advisory regarding rating change for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 5/3/2006
ESRB Changes Rating for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion from Teen to Mature - 4/8/2006
ESRB Announces Newly Enhanced, More User-Friendly Website - 4/3/2006
Statement by ESRB President Patricia E. Vance in response to the release of a Harvard School of Public Health study - 3/29/2006
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 - 3/29/2006
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 - 7/20/2005
ESRB concludes Investigation into Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas; Revokes M (Mature) Rating - 7/14/2005
Statement By ESRB President Patricia Vance regarding announcement by Senator Hillary Clinton - 7/13/2005
Westchester County (NY) and ESRB Team Up to Inform Parents About Computer and Video Games - 7/8/2005
Statement By ESRB President Patricia Vance regarding Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Modification - 6/10/2005
Canadian Advisory Committee to provide advice on video game ratings - 5/5/2005
Majority of parents say they limit children's access to Mature-rated video games - 3/2/2005
ESRB announces the addition of a new rating category, E10+ (Everyone 10 and older), for games suitable for ages 10 and over
