PEGI-Video game ratings

PEGI or the Pan European Game information was started to help parents and players make sensible decisions on buying video games. PEGI was first launched in the spring of 2003 and since then has overcome almost all competition and is now the most used game age rating system in Europe. The idea behind PEGI is to make sure that gamers are not absorbing content from games that may be to mature for them. A example of how itis used in the new Grand Theft Auto V which will be rated an 18+ due to its violent, criminal and sexual nature. PEGI origonally was only used as guidance for how old someone had to be to play a game however now PEGI's age rating are enforced by law.

I believe the main issie that PEGI will be facing now is the rise in digital distribution as now it becomes essentially impossible to stop someone from buying a game deemed to  mature for them when all you can access about them is their gamer profile and card details.

Lord of the Rings Online

Lord of the Rings Online is falls under the genre of 'Fantasy'
To Download the game is copletely free but to subscribe it costs  $14.99 per month $41.85 per 3 months $77.70 per 6 months.
Lord of the Rings Onloine is differant in comparison to your normal console based game as it is a completely free roaming (open world) based game meaning that millions of players are placed into a server and what they can do if left completely to their imagination rather than pre determined quests in an order.




Lord of the Rings Online has been developed and published by 'Turbine' and 'Midway Games' on April 24th 2007.
Lord of the Rings Online is available worldwide.

GTA V trailer

The start of the GTA V traioler has the song 'Skeltons' by Stevie Wonder. The first shot of the trailer is an establishing shot of the game are area Los Santos a remaking of Los angeles. This is to show the graphic capabilities of this game. after this the music softens with a voice over narrative with a selection of slow panning shots. this is becauese the trailer is introducing the first protagonist who has a easy living lifestyle. this judgement is made clearer by a wide variety of low angle shots and long shots of his house and possessions which also gives the impression that this character is in a position of power.

From here the music start to liven up again and there cuts start to get  quicker and more unpredictable. also the first shot of this sequence is again a establishing shot but this time of a more inner city like scene.  This is because the trailer is introducing the second protagonist who is a lot  more rugged. This judgement becomes alot more clearer when the trailer transforms almost into an action film with alot of shots of explosions and action sequences. this part of the trailer also has alot of close ups of this characters face to show his clearly crazy and animalistic style that he will bring.

From here the trailer intoduces the final Protagonist but doesnt give much away in terms of his character type. instead it shows his wealth with again a variety of action sequences involving a multitude of differant vehicles.

GTA V so far...

GTA V

GTA V is the fith and latest installment of the Grand Theft Auto franchise. The GTA franchise is created in the United Kingdom by the Houser brothers. It is mainly developed by the the fromer DMA design but now named Rockstar North, and published by Rockstar Games. Since the first release of GTA in 1997 there have been 4 more installments in the series including a variety of spin of such as 'China Wars' and Liberty city Stories'.


All of the games in the GTA franchise are based haevliy on famous US locations. the gameplay is heavily open world free roaming meaning the player can choose when s/he will do the main story quests as well as side missons or just simply do what they want in the huge open world.

TOP 20 GAMES

From this chart it becomes apparent that the most successful publisher is EA at the moment having 3 of their games on the list all of which are in the top 6. However it also shows the worth of having an established franchise as all of the top 5 are a established franchise. However it also show that there is some worth to having a new IP with a few appearances ion this list such as ' Proffessor Layton and the Miracle Mask'. This list shows that the growth of the kids market is becoming more prominent with appearnces from 'Skylanders' and 'Moshi Monsters' both of which are published by Activision which demonstrates their success in this area of the market. It could also be argued that the top games have had the best marketing stategies thus making them highly anticipated amognst the community such as Assasins Creed III.  There are 3 first party games on this list such as the Pokemon franchise as well as Forza.

  From this list it also show that the top 3 platforms are XBOX 360, PS3, and PC as all but 2 of the to     20  games are targeted at these platforms. this shows their dominance over the market.

HALO 4 & Mountain Dew

The collaboration of Mountain dew and Halo 4 is a perfect example of symbiosis as it benefeits Halo as it is more widespreadly advertised and it benefeits mountain Dew as now they will be more recogognised by the Halo community.

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