The pundits have been polled, the industry experts exhorted, a four month consultation completed and the UK government has finally settled on a single ratings system for videogames – we’re going with PEGI, people.

This is just one of the announcements made in the wake of the Digital Britain report. It’s a sensible choice too, in our opinion, since it relies on the games publishers themselves to classify their products, using a selection of easy to understand symbols and advisory text to highlight a game’s content and age suitability.

“PEGI will give consumers a single set of clear logos for video games that will apply across most of Europe, providing an international solution for game content regulation," says the report.

"It has the flexibility required to adapt to the challenge of rapidly-evolving technology in the games sector and will be highly effective in the online world."

So, there you go. It’s PEGI ratings from here on in, and it will henceforth be illegal to sell a 12+ rated game to children under that age. Quite right too. Meanwhile the British Board of Film Classification, which had previously supplied game ratings, promises to abide by the new system but has raised concerns about PEGI’s ability to remain fully objective in its self-regulation. A fair point, perhaps, although we can’t help but notice a slight whiff of sour grapes.