Coalition To Develop Rating System for Video Games

By Mark Walsh

Washington

With the threat of Congressional action looming, a coalition of video-game producers and retailers announced plans last week to develop a system for rating games for violence and mature themes.

However, the industry's united front evaporated later the same day, as representatives of the two largest game producers--Nintendo of America Inc. and Sega of America Inc.--traded jabs during a Senate hearing over the violence level...

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