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EU needs to bridge skill gap: video games companies struggle to recruit talent from within the EU
The European Commission publishes its EU Skills Agenda today, 1 July, shining a light on a digital skills gap that is impacting EU recruitment in Europe’s €21.6 billion-strong video games indu...
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Global industries need a global approach to EU Data regulation: Europe’s video games industry responds to EU GDPR review
Responding to today’s GDPR review Communication by the European Commission, ISFE, representing Europe’s video games industry, welcomes the Commission’s drive to encourage further EU harmonis...
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Poland is first government worldwide to add video games to official school reading list as educational resource
ISFE member Spidor, representing the video games industry in Poland, has announced that, from the next academic year 2020/2021, the video game “This War of Mine” will be placed on the official...
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UNICEF Report highlights positive steps taken by video games industry on child safety
Following the release of a report by UNICEF, “Recommendations for the Online Gaming Industry on Assessing Impact on Children”, the European video games industry affirms its position to ensure...
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European Video Game Federations deepen their relationship and sign cooperation agreement
European Game Developer Federation (EGDF) and Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE) have signed a code of co-operation with the objective of optimising support for the whole video g...
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ISFE hires!
The Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE), is the European trade body representing Europe’s video games industry towards the European institutions and other international organisation...
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Italian market and consumer Report shows that video games market continues to grow and digital performs the strongest
The newly-published market and consumer report on the Italian video games market by IIDEA (Italian Interactive Digital Entertainment Association) in collaboration with ISFE and using data from GSD...
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ISFE supports valuable pitching event for Europe’s video game developers during COVID-19 lockdown
ISFE is delighted to support a 2-day online event, 13-14 May, to get Europe’s game developers in front of a worldwide audience of investors and publishers to facilitate business opportunities du...
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5 tips for parents to manage responsible video gameplay
Video games provide entertainment, education, fitness and, importantly, a means of connecting and socialising with friends. At ISFE, we take our responsibility for the protection of minors extremely s...
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Statement on PEGI Notice to inform about presence of paid random items
Europe’s video games industry is pleased to announce that it will include a new PEGI feature notice on video games that include in-game purchases to inform consumers if those purchases include paid...
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Global video games industry rises to COVID-19 challenge to entertain, connect, educate, donate and communicate public health messaging
#stayhomeplaytogether #PlayApartTogether With the world facing the biggest public health crisis in living memory, the global video games industry is harnessing its reach, its imagination, and...
Read more What the video games sector is doing to support parents during the COVID-19 crisis
With most countries in lockdown and schools closed during the Covid-19 crisis, many will turn to video games to play, to learn, to exercise, and simply to escape our current situation for a while. I...
Read more Video games, network capacity and the Covid-19 crisis
With network capacity a serious concern during the Covid-19 crisis, ISFE explains what impact video game play has on the network and which measures are being taken by video game companies to mitig...
Read more Video games associations across Europe communicate on the coronavirus
Every country, company and individual faces significant challenges during this unprecedented global public health crisis. ISFE and our members across Europe and globally are working hard to galvan...
Read more ISFE welcomes European Commission action to support the economy during the Covid-19 crisis
Every country, company and individual faces significant challenges during this unprecedented global public health crisis. ISFE and our members across Europe and globally are working hard to galvan...
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ISFE applauds UK games industry for publication of census on diversity and launch of initiative to improve equality and inclusivity
ISFE welcomes the UK Interactive Entertainment Association’s (Ukie) publication today of the most authoritative census on diversity in the video games industry to date, along with the laun...
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