Pan European Game Information

Pan European Game Information, or more commonly PEGI, nicknamed Peggy, is a European video game content rating system. It was developed by the Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE) and came into use in April 2003. The PEGI system is used in 29 countries. It is not associated with the European Union.

Ratings
PEGI has five age categories.

Other variation
In Portugal, local legislation conflicts with some of the ratings and they are changed accordingly.

Content descriptions
The seven content descriptors are:

The 'Gambling' content descriptor was first used on September 29, 2006 with the title 42 All-Time Classics.

Examples

 * Language - Grand Theft Auto series, The Warriors, Shadow the Hedgehog and Max Payne 2.
 * Discrimination - Original War, Hitman: Blood Money.
 * Drugs - Deus Ex: Invisible War, The Warriors, NARC.
 * Fear - Survival horror games, such as Condemned: Criminal Origins, & |Resident Evil, Silent Hill.
 * Sexual Content - Singles: Flirt Up Your Life, Leisure Suit Larry, Playboy: The Mansion, BMX XXX, God of War, The Sopranos: Road to Respect.
 * Violence - First person shooters, such as Doom 3 and Halo 2 and other games like Mortal Kombat and of War.
 * Gambling - 42 All-Time Classics, God Hand, Street Hoops

Where PEGI is used
PEGI is used in 29 European nations (albeit with zero legal effect). They are:


 * Austria
 * Belgium
 * Bulgaria
 * Cyprus
 * Czech Republic
 * Denmark
 * Estonia
 * Finland (Has legal effect; also has a local rating system which is given by VET/SFB instead if PEGI rating is missing)
 * France
 * Greece
 * Germany (Only used on some games with the USK rating too.)
 * Hungary
 * Iceland
 * Republic of Ireland|Ireland
 * Italy
 * Latvia
 * Lithuania
 * Luxembourg
 * Malta
 * Netherlands
 * Norway
 * Poland
 * Portugal
 * Romania
 * Slovakia
 * Slovenia
 * Spain
 * Sweden
 * Switzerland
 * United Kingdom (if a game contains certain material, BBFC rating is used instead)