FIGMA or Finnish Games and Multimedia Association was founded in 1999. It is the Finnish equivalent to
Entertainment Software Rating Board
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that assigns age and content ratings to consumer video games in the United States and Canada. The ESRB was established in 1994 by the Entertainment Software Asso ...
. Which regulates video game content in relation to subjects such as sex and violence and assigns age appropriate certificates.
Figma publishes the best-selling video games every two weeks, and gives out platinum and gold prizes, its keeps yearly statistics on the size of the Finnish video game market, and organizes the
Finnish Game Awards.
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