Following yesterday’s news that it’s currently legal to sell adult-rates games to children in the UK, the Video Standards Council has agreed not to sell such titles to minors.

"All sectors of our membership, whether they are video distributors, videogame publishers or entertainment retailers have confirmed that they will continue to conduct their businesses as usual," said Laurie Hall, director general of the VSC.

"Whatever the position of the law is at present our members will continue to operate as if it was mandatory. So far as videogames are concerned they have been acting upon this basis under the Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) system for quite some time," she added.