Game Rating and Administration Committee Designates Epic Games as an Independent Rating Classification Operator

[Asia Economy Reporter Buaeri] The Game Rating and Administration Committee announced on the 29th that Epic Games Korea has been designated as a self-rating classification business operator.

The Committee has been delegated the authority to designate self-rating classification business operators by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and designates operators that appropriately manage self-rating classification operations.

The self-rating classification business operator system allows businesses to rate games independently. Once designated as a self-rating classification business operator, they can autonomously assign ratings and provide services without prior review by the Committee, except for ratings that prohibit use by minors.

With the inclusion of Epic Games, there are now a total of nine self-rating classification business operators, including Google, Apple, One Store, Samsung Electronics, Sony, Oculus VR Korea, Kakao Games, and Microsoft.

Epic Games is the first operator to apply the self-rating classification system established by the Committee. Operators can either build their own system or choose to use the Committee’s system. The Committee explained, "By applying this system, self-rating classification business operators can fulfill the obligation to build a rating classification system by using the Committee’s system and linking that information with the Committee, without needing to build their own system."

Additionally, Epic Games is the first operator specializing in PC game distribution to be designated. This designation is expected to facilitate the smooth distribution of various PC games and positively impact the revitalization of the domestic PC game industry in the future.

Lee Jae-hong, Chairman of the Committee, stated, "We will strive to enable various operators to classify ratings comfortably as self-rating classification business operators through proactive improvements to the self-rating classification system."

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