Online Rating Notice established to warn consumers of user-generated content in online-enabled games and on websites. Advertising Review Council established as division of ESRB to monitor compliance with industry-adopted marketing and advertising guidelines.
ESRB enforcement system established to impose sanctions, including points, fines and corrective actions, on companies who do not comply with ESRB rules and guidelines. ESRB introduces an automated, streamlined process for assigning ratings to console downloadable games. The U. Supreme Court rules in Brown v. ESRB introduces a digital rating service to provide cost-free ratings for digitally delivered games. Origin deploys the IARC rating system for all digitally delivered games.
Source: Hart Research Associates, Industry guidelines, which are enforced by the ESRB, prohibit the inappropriate target marketing of Mature-rated games.
According to the U. The late U. Introduced in , Rating Summaries provide greater detail about the content in physical games rated by the ESRB, and are exclusively available on this website or the ESRB mobile app by conducting a title search. Our History. New ESRB rating system announced, with 5 rating categories and 17 content descriptors.
ESRB rating system established for websites, with 5 rating categories and 22 content descriptors. Non-pixelated versions of rating symbols introduced. New target marketing guidelines for Mature-rated games introduced. ESRB rating system for websites discontinued. Privacy Seal Certification program.
