Entertainment Software Association head Doug Lowenstein has launched a strongly-worded attack on the new game legislation laws many states are trying to pass in the USA, describing measures to curb the sale of 'offensive' titles to minors as 'unconstitutional'. Lowenstein made his comments, describing the new laws as one of the single largest threats to the at present, to European trade magazine MCV.

Loenstein told the MCV reporter: "The industry has been under siege as never before as politicians virulently attack video games for endangering youth and making parenting more difficult. While we have defeated many of these proposals, some appear likely to be enacted, thus triggering lawsuits."

Games have long been attacked stateside and in other nations as a source of moral decay, with many lawmakers attempting to directly prosecute game makers for their titles supposed involvement in various tragedies. So far, most of these attempts have been halted, but there is certainly a growing sense of discontent in America's halls of power that games need to be more tightly controlled. "We fully expect the courts, as they have in the past, to strike down these state laws as unconstitutional infringements on creative expression," concluded Lowenstein. More on this soon.

By Luke Guttridge