Game Rating Board
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Game Rating Board (GRB, 게임물등급위원회) is the South Korean video game content rating board. A governmental organization, the GRB rates video and computer games for inform nature of game contents to customers.
Initially, the Korea Media Rating Board a governmental organization, rated video and computer games with other entertainment media. But the Korean Game Industry run into big confusion because of the Korea Media Rating Board rated a gambling game called Sea Story as a game suitable for everyone, merely with bribery; They did not consider it a gambling game. After the Korean government got through the painful progress of political controversy, they made GRB in 2006 as the only rating organization for video games.
[edit] Ratings
Four rating used by GRB:
| ALL | All: Games that everyone can play. |
| 12 | 12-year +: Games that under 12 cannot play. |
| 15 | 15-year +: Games that under 15 cannot play. |
| 18 | Teenager restricted: Games that teenager (under 18) cannot play. |
PC/Console/online/mobile game use all ratings, but arcade game use only 'All' and 'Teenager restricted'.
[edit] See also
[edit] Website
- GRB Official Site (Korean)
