Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle
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| Founded | 1994 |
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| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
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Germany |
| Services | Video game ratings |
| Website | usk |
Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (Entertainment Software Self-Regulation, abbreviated USK) is the organisation responsible for video game ratings in Germany.
These are ratings used from 2003 until 2009–2010.
According to the USK itself, the state uses the age rating symbol to regulate whether a computer game may be publicly supplied to children and young persons. Retailers are obliged to comply with the restrictions indicated by the rating. A game approved for children aged 12 and above may not be sold to a 10-year old. Outside of business relations (e.g. parents or adult friends giving the game a child or youth) there is no such restriction.
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