New association to improve gaming image

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By Elke 'Binteh' Mahy

Feb 23, 2009 01:04

A group of European Online Games publishers recently founded the Pan-European Online Games Association (PEOGA) in Hamburg. An association dedicated to improve the quality and image of online gaming.

The PEOGA has set itself three goals in order to improve the online gaming experience.

Improving networking between European online gaming publishers will be their primary goal. This will enable publishers to work together, instead of compete against each other, in order to increase the online gaming industry in Europe.

Their second goal is one we are all familiar with: the image of gaming. They will provide detailed and realistic information to the public concerning gaming "side-effects". Additionally, they will try to improve the gaming image as a whole, to make it more appealing to the general public.

Lastly, they will take a look at the self regulation of the online game industry. PEOGA will set general rules and regulations, as they believe that the gaming industry has reponsibilites towards its users and thus making their gaming experience a safe one.

The association was created with different European online gaming publishers leaders including Frogster Interactive, Game Entertainment Europe, Gameforge 4D, Gamigo, Gravity Europe and many more.

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COMMENTS

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MaliSunSet 3 years ago

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Nice new ^^

Dinsdale- 3 years ago

+4 thumbs

Not to be cheap, but I doubt they will improve anything outside Germany where they are based, as usual.

Binteh 3 years ago

+2 thumbs

mmm but the publishing companys involved in this project arent all german. I see some italian, some french, some german...

Xanack 3 years ago

+3 thumbs

nice...cool news :P

SheiKah 3 years ago

-2 thumbs

good news but.. that's not true.

_Se1Ko 3 years ago

+2 thumbs

amazing news, hopefully it kicks some people's butt to do the same thing in their region

PeRRy 3 years ago

+1 thumbs

really great news good job guys :d

s0rdaz 3 years ago

+2 thumbs

looks interesting, i hope they will reach their goals, however, my first thought was if they'll really change anything

iamnone 3 years ago

-1 thumbs

thats so old a bit like towering on cs =/

KrITIK4L 3 years ago

+4 thumbs

Everything that it's done in the way of improve the image of the gaming, is good, even if it just hit germany at first as Dinsdale- said =)

coswell 3 years ago

+5 thumbs

True! Hope they improve the gaming image everywhere still. In Germany and Sweden (for example) its already in NOT THAT BAD condition... But as Binteh said theres some companies involved which are from France and Italy... So the association might even do something. Fingers crossed.

NotShade 3 years ago

+3 thumbs

Can't be bad whatsoever. Either it helps or it doesn't so why not. Maybe something good will come out of it. Let's wait and see..

zKod 3 years ago

+2 thumbs

Actually, it can end up giving the wrong image of gamers. Like we are all fit athelets and we are all intelligent as hell.

Although, I don't know about the first one, but of course... Gamers have IQ of 320, they just don't show it =)

iamnone 3 years ago

+2 thumbs

i dont see the point but oh well
maybe they do something good and prove the sceptical wrong
w/evs

Bruticus 3 years ago

+2 thumbs

Great ideas. Cant the do sth in asia also?

chns 3 years ago

+2 thumbs

Good news!

tosch-1H 3 years ago

+3 thumbs

Great news, as Kritik4l says, i hope they'll improve the image in gaming, and i hope not only in germany, other countries deserve it too, but like binteh said there are other nations in this so ...we'll see and hope the best

BanKs 3 years ago

+1 thumbs

Can't see this being anything but good for gaming, for people to put effort like this into an association towards pushing gaming forward is great. Hopefully they can make the public enjoy the games we got at the moment within e-sports and not new ones ^_^ haha

SynxIsBack 3 years ago

+3 thumbs

I don't really get how they are gonna do that, but GL

ArchaiK 3 years ago

+3 thumbs

I don't like this, they want to set "rules and regulations". Sounds to me like they want to make gaming boring. No thx.

Zh4c 3 years ago

+1 thumbs

So they want to make games that dosn't make people addicted :S
That just doesn't sell games, no harcore gamer will buy a game he can't go harcore and pwn everyon in.

db-z 3 years ago

+1 thumbs

like it !! not so simple :s !! Gl

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