Pocket Gamer

Pocket Gamer,is about:
Games you can put in your pocket
Games you can play wherever and whenever you like
Games you can dip into for five minutes (but spend an hour with)
Fun and frantic action
Competing against our friends
No manuals or game degrees needed to make the games work!


AT POCKET GAMER
they love how their phones are always there for them with a quick football match on the bus or a Grand Prix in a doctor's surgery. They love how the GBA can take anything they throw at it and still deliver Tetris at 35,000 feet above the Atlantic, or half a mile below ground in the Channel Tunnel. They love our drop-dead gorgeous PSPs. And they love how the DS has us tapping away with their stylus like demented woodpeckers.

They believe nothing will make games more popular than Pocket Gaming – especially now all the new machines let you play against your friends.

POCKET GAMER'S PROMISE TO

* Bring you honest reviews written by expert gamers
* Cover as many games and handheld formats as humanly possible
* Report on all the news that's worth knowing
* Give you your say, and listen to what you want
* Have a great time!

What's more, join the site and you'll...

* Get a weekly email telling you which games deserve your cash
* Receive free updates on the games you're interested in
* Find a place for your own views, reviews and votes
* Enjoy special offers (including free stuff!)
* Also have a great time!

For more visit: http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk//

Entertainment Software Rating Board

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a non-profit, self-regulatory body established in 1994 by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). ESRB assigns computer and video game content ratings, enforces industry-adopted advertising guidelines and helps ensure responsible online privacy practices for the interactive entertainment software industry.


Mission
To empower consumers, especially parents, with the ability to make informed decisions about the computer and video games they choose for their families through the assignment of age and content ratings, and to hold the computer and video game industry accountable for responsible marketing practices.

Philosophy
After consulting a wide range of child development and academic experts, analyzing other rating systems and, most importantly, listening to parents, ESRB found that what consumers really wanted in a video game rating system was both age-based rating categories as well as concise, impartial information about what type of content is in the game. Parents felt strongly that a rating system should inform and suggest, not prohibit.

With this philosophy in mind, the ESRB created and implemented the first two-part rating system, which includes both a rating category to suggest age-appropriateness, as well as content descriptors to indicate what content may have triggered the rating and/or may be of interest or concern to the consumer. The result is a rating system that is universally adopted by the industry, supported by retailers and is consistently described by parents and opinion leaders as the best entertainment rating system in the US.

For more visit: http://www.esrb.org/ratings/index.jsp

GameSpot

GameSpot: The Standard for All Things Gaming

Nobody knows games and gamers like GameSpot. Their love of games combined with their experience, innovation, and commitment makes GameSpot the standard for all things gaming. For 11 years, they have been 100-percent focused on games. They understand that today’s gamers play for many different reasons, and they are able to engage this growing number of diverse gamers no matter why they hit play.


Over the years, their-focused sites has grown to include GameFAQs, Sportsgamer, Game Rankings, and GameSpot Trax, so now they have got every aspect of the gaming world covered. And they must be doing something right, because two million gamers visit them every day and 92% would recommend them
They Entertain, Inform, and Connect Gamers

* Unmatched content including live-event coverage, exclusive interviews, original shows, online tournaments, cinema-quality videos, game previews and reviews, demo premieres, beta tests, strategy guides, and more.
* Dedicated channels for every gaming system (like the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii), as well as specialty channels, such as GameSpot Sports, GameSpot News, and Launch Centers.
* An active, engaged community where like-minded gamers interact via lively forums, user reviews and ratings, blogs, unions, and user-generated video.

They Arm Marketers
* GameSpot Trax—the industry’s most advanced, real-time market-intelligence tool equipping marketers with the insight and analysis required to better understand gamers and the marketplace.
* GamersInstinct—a large, high-quality gamer panel available for conducting gaming or gamer-related market research.

Gametab

There are far too many videogame news sites on the internet today; you need an aggregator like Gametab to filter through to the best.




Essentially GameTab is a game news and reviews compilation/aggregation site. It's kind of a Google News meets Rotten Tomatoes (and both inspirations behind the site), but for games. The goal is to provide a useful site for anyone who wants to keep up on the latest gaming news or wants to see how games have been received by the critics. And to do it sans the stuff that often plagues gaming sites (big flash ads, interstitials and the like).