PEGI 3 is a rating which is given to games that are suitable for all ages. The child should not be able to associate the character on the screen with real life characters, they should be totally fantasy. The game can include minimal violence as long as it portrayed in a comical style and does not represent real life situations.
The most recent popular games with this rating are: FIFA 14, MXGP: The Official Motocross Videogame and Yoshi's New Island.
The most recent popular games with this rating are: FIFA 14, MXGP: The Official Motocross Videogame and Yoshi's New Island.
Any game that would normally be rated at 3 but contains some possibly frightening scenes or sounds may be considered suitable in this category.
The most recent popular games with this rating are: The Lego Movie Videogame, Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare and Lego Marvel Super Heroes.
The most recent popular games with this rating are: The Lego Movie Videogame, Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare and Lego Marvel Super Heroes.
Videogames that show violence of a slightly more graphic nature towards fantasy character and/or non graphic violence towards human-looking characters or recognisable animals, as well as videogames that show nudity of a slightly more graphic nature would fall in this age category. Any bad language in this category must be mild and fall short of sexual expletives.
The most recent popular games with this rating are: Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster and Professor Layton vs Pheonix Wright.
The most recent popular games with this rating are: Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster and Professor Layton vs Pheonix Wright.
This rating is applied once the depiction of violence (or sexual activity) reaches a stage that looks the same as would be expected in real life. More extreme bad language, the concept of the use of tobacco and drugs and the depiction of criminal activities can be content of games that are rated 16.
The most recent popular games with this rating are: Infamous: Second Son, Titanfall and Diablo III: Reaper of Souls.
The most recent popular games with this rating are: Infamous: Second Son, Titanfall and Diablo III: Reaper of Souls.
The adult classification is applied when the level of violence reaches a stage where it becomes a depiction of gross violence and/or includes elements of specific types of violence. Gross violence is the most difficult to define since it can be very subjective in many cases, but in general terms it can be classed as the depictions of violence that would make the viewer feel a sense of revulsion.
The most recent popular games with this rating are: Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, South Park: The Stick of Truth and Battlefield 4.
The most recent popular games with this rating are: Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, South Park: The Stick of Truth and Battlefield 4.
All information about PEGI was sourced from: PEGI S.A.. (2013). What do the labels mean?. Available: http://www.pegi.info/en/index/id/33/. Last accessed 3rd Apr 2014.