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Roblox says "chat will remain off in the majority of the Middle East" until Arabic moderation matures
5+ hour, 56+ min ago (986+ words) In May, Pocket Gamer. biz published an analysis of the Memorandum of Understanding (Mo U) signed between Savvy Games Group and Roblox, a partnership tied to a developer training programme running across Saudi Arabia's school system." The piece examined the deal…...
Planet Play and UNICEF launch games initiative to support children
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (301+ words) Planet Play has partnered with UNICEF to launch a series of games-led fundraising and awareness initiatives. The collaboration will see the two work together on campaigns that make it easier for studios, publishers and players to contribute to children's causes....
Nintendo reveals "kind of silly" photo game Pictonico!
3+ week, 6+ day ago (181+ words) Nintendo has unveiled a new mobile game called Pictonico! , set to launch on May 28th. Pre-registrations are open now on the App Store and Play Store, with 80 minigames promised for next week. While clearing these minigames, players will advance through a…...
Roblox rolls out mandatory facial age checks for in-game chat worldwide
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (258+ words) Roblox has begun rolling out a global age-check requirement for in-game chat in an effort to make facial age estimation mandatory for users." The company said that the feature, which first launched in select regions in December last year, is…...
UK government votes against blanket social media ban for under-16s
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (213+ words) The UK House of Commons has rejected a proposal to introduce a blanket ban on social media use for under-16s. As detailed by Flux Digital, the vote now removes the under-16 ban previously inserted into the Children's Wellbeing and Schools…...
UK online safety consultation raises questions for games, and Pok'mon's $10bn mobile success | Week in Views
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (568+ words) The games industry moves quickly and while stories may come and go there are some that we just can't let go of" So, to give those particularly thorny topics a further going over we've created a weekly digest where the…...
UK consultation on kids" online lives: what the video games industry needs to know
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1129+ words) Celia Pontin is director of policy and public affairs at Flux Digital Policy. To brighten up Monday morning, the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology opened a consultation on "Growing up in the online world": exploring measures "to keep children…...
Australian government calls urgent meeting with Roblox over child safety concerns
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (293+ words) The Australian government has called for an urgent meeting with'Roblox following reports that children are being groomed by predators and exposed to sexually explicit material on the platform. As reported by The Guardian, communications minister Anika Wells wrote to the…...
UK launches mobile game child privacy review
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (314+ words) The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has launched a monitoring programme to scrutinise 10 popular mobile games to see how well they protect children's online privacy." With about 90% of UK children playing games on digital devices, the ICO said it will review…...
ESA survey claim just two-thirds of people primarily play games for fun
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (332+ words) A new survey from the Entertainment Software Association makes the bold claim that just 66% of people state fun as their top driver for playing games. Acccording to the new Entertainment Software Association (ESA) 2025 Global Power of Play report, 58% of those…...