The Ministry of Justice launched during the Brasil Game Show, a video game sector fair held in São Paulo, an international automatic system that will make the evaluation of interactive programs, games and, mainly, applications distributed by download more practical and safer.
Called the International Coalition of Indicative Classification (Iarc – English acronym), the virtual tool encompasses, for the time being, 36 countries, and is led by the Ministry of Justice, which represents Brazil, and by the classification bodies of North America (Entertainment Software Rating Board-ESRB) and Europe (Pan-European Game Information-PEGI).
The deputy director of the Games Division of the MJ Ratings Coordination, Davi Pires, participated in the launch of Iarc. According to him, virtual stores for games and apps can now join the system. “From now on, virtual points of sale that do not display the indicative classification become irregular. We plan for most of the sector to be regulated by the first half of next year,” he said.
For the national secretary of Justice of the Ministry of Justice, Paulo Abrão, it is a step forward in the State's policy on parental ratings, which accompanies technological evolution and the migration of the gaming market to the virtual universe. “This action expands information for the family and guarantees the protection of children and adolescents”, said the secretary.
According to Abrão, the new system allows the classification to be done in a matter of minutes, through an online questionnaire. “When the product is made available in an electronic store, the software developer will only need to answer the questionnaire about this material that will be offered to the customer. From there, the system will automatically determine which age group the game or application is suitable for”, explained Abrão.
Today, software needs to be submitted to the responsible bodies in each of the countries where it is released, respecting local characteristics. This process can take months in some places. In Brazil, human work is done by a team of MJ employees, who need to play games and watch movies in order to assign an appropriate age to them, according to pre-established criteria.
“The system is based on automated processes similar to what the US and Europe have been using in recent years to classify games and apps sold virtually. They have been working very efficiently. The questionnaire will not be available on a website, but within each of the participating virtual stores”, evaluated Abrão.
Source: MJ
Called the International Coalition of Indicative Classification (Iarc – English acronym), the virtual tool encompasses, for the time being, 36 countries, and is led by the Ministry of Justice, which represents Brazil, and by the classification bodies of North America (Entertainment Software Rating Board-ESRB) and Europe (Pan-European Game Information-PEGI).
The deputy director of the Games Division of the MJ Ratings Coordination, Davi Pires, participated in the launch of Iarc. According to him, virtual stores for games and apps can now join the system. “From now on, virtual points of sale that do not display the indicative classification become irregular. We plan for most of the sector to be regulated by the first half of next year,” he said.
For the national secretary of Justice of the Ministry of Justice, Paulo Abrão, it is a step forward in the State's policy on parental ratings, which accompanies technological evolution and the migration of the gaming market to the virtual universe. “This action expands information for the family and guarantees the protection of children and adolescents”, said the secretary.
According to Abrão, the new system allows the classification to be done in a matter of minutes, through an online questionnaire. “When the product is made available in an electronic store, the software developer will only need to answer the questionnaire about this material that will be offered to the customer. From there, the system will automatically determine which age group the game or application is suitable for”, explained Abrão.
Today, software needs to be submitted to the responsible bodies in each of the countries where it is released, respecting local characteristics. This process can take months in some places. In Brazil, human work is done by a team of MJ employees, who need to play games and watch movies in order to assign an appropriate age to them, according to pre-established criteria.
“The system is based on automated processes similar to what the US and Europe have been using in recent years to classify games and apps sold virtually. They have been working very efficiently. The questionnaire will not be available on a website, but within each of the participating virtual stores”, evaluated Abrão.
Source: MJ
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