Our History - ESRB Ratings
Timeline and history of the ESRB, including it's foundation, notable updates to the rating system, and more.
Entertainment Software Rating Board - Wikipedia
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that assigns age and content ratings to consumer video games in Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
Entertainment Software Rating Board/Ratings - Logopedia
In mid-1998, the Kids to Adults (K-A) rating was rebranded to Everyone (E). Starting in games from late 1999, the video game commercials now require the announcer to say the ESRB ratings, regardless of which content the video game products are suitable for.
Entertainment Software Rating Board - Rating System Wiki
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a North American rating system for video games that is used within the United States, Canada, and Mexico (digital only). It was established in September 1st, 1994 after the senate hearing about violence in video games (see #History).
20 years, 20 questionable game ratings: A timeline of ESRB …
Sep 16, 2014 · ESRB Ratings: T/M. While every single Call of Duty game since Modern Warfare has received a justified M rating, the first three Call of Duty titles were merely rated T. It’s hard to see why...
ESRB Ratings Guides, Categories, Content Descriptors
The ESRB Rating Guide and all search results on ESRB.org refer to games rated through our traditional rating process. However, ESRB also assigns ratings to non-game apps on certain mobile and digital storefronts that have licensed the IARC rating system.
ESRB Ratings | Entertainment Software Ratings Board
Check ESRB ratings for video games and apps, including age ratings, content descriptors and interactive elements.
List of AO-rated video games - Wikipedia
AO is the highest rating in the ESRB system, and indicates that the organization believes that the game's content is suitable only for players aged 18 years and over. The majority of AO-rated games are adult video games, typically those with pornographic or strong sexual content.
ESRB - Ratings Guide - IGN
Jul 10, 2018 · ESRB ratings have three parts: As a supplementary source of information, boxed video games have Rating Summaries that provide a more detailed description of the content that factored into the...
A Brief History of the ESRB - Game Developer
Oct 9, 2017 · In 1994, a neutral ratings board, the ESRB, was finally established and presented to Congress. At inception, the ESRB contained five age ratings for video games: EC: Early Childhood (for young children) K-A: Kids to Adults (renamed E, or Everyone in 1998) T: Teen (ages 13 and up) M: Mature (ages 17 and up) AO: Adults Only (ages 18 and up)