PEGI supports successful 2nd “Game-city” event in Vienna The second "Game-city" event organised by the Austrian Entertainment Software Association OVUS and the city of Vienna in the city town hall, was an overwhelming success. With more than 52,000 visitors, a 100% increase on last year, growth expectations were exceeded. The three day conference gathered video game publishers, as well as youth protection organisations and numerous experts in media literacy and child psychology offering children and parents an opportunity to learn about video games, the protection of minors and media literacy.

The Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE) supported the event with an information campaign to spread the word about the Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) system and PEGI Online, its addendum for online gaming. PEGI provides European parents with detailed recommendations regarding the age suitability of game content by an independent administrator in the form of age labels and content descriptors on game packages. PEGI Online aims to address risks associated with real time player interaction and changing content of online games.

In addition, Game-city hosted the international conference Future and Reality of Gaming (FROG) featuring a large variety of international keynote speakers in the field of pedagogic and computer game research. Presentations covered topics such as theory of gaming, future perspectives of the industry, game design as well as various pedagogical gaming issues. ISFE’s education expert Catherine Geeroms who gave a presentation on the use of video games as a media literacy tool, was very impressed: "Game-city 08" provided a unique platform where a mixed audience of children, gaming enthusiasts as well as parents and experts could learn more about many different aspects of games and gaming.