United Kingdom
Main article: Video gaming in the United KingdomThere is currently no legislation in force, owing to a legislative mistake in 1984. It is anticipated that the system described below will continue on a voluntary basis, and the legal structure enacted in November 2009.
Games in the UK usually only receive a ban when they contain real sex scenes or extreme and gratuitous violence. It was planned to make all age rating responsibility go to PEGI in April 2011, but this has been cancelled and some responsibility continues to be held by the BBFC. PEGI age ratings are not compulsory while BBFC age ratings are. Usually, if a game would achieve a rating of 16+ or higher by PEGI it would also have to go through a rating procedure by the BBFC. It is illegal to sell, buy or rent (but legal to import) a game that has not been classified by an approved age rating organisation in the UK. This only applies to games stored on physical media, not to downloadable media.
Read more about this topic: List Of Banned Video Games
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