The incredibly useful and easy-to-use video game rating app from the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is now available for Microsoft Windows Phone 7. This free mobile app, from the organization that assigns age and content ratings for computer and video games, allows easy access to video game ratings and detailed rating summaries. The App is also currently avaiable for iPhone and Android devices.

For parents, it’s as simple as snapping a photo or typing the name of a game to quickly determine if the content in the game is appropriate for their family.  We still recommend using a site like ours to find out even more information on whether a game is actually fun for kids and families.

The ESRB mobile app offers easy access to ESRB rating information for more than 20,000 titles by either taking a photo of the game box or typing in the name of the game. Rating summaries, which are not displayed on game boxes like the ESRB ratings and content descriptors, provide parents with a detailed, straight-forward explanation – including specific examples – of the content that factored into a game’s rating. The ESRB app is a great way to put this information in parents’ hands right from the video game store, where it is often needed most.  Rating summaries are available for games rated since July 1, 2008, which means that most of the games on kids’ wish lists will have rating summaries.

It's also worth noting that FamilyFriendlyVideoGames.com is the only site that offers fully-integrated rating summaries on our game reviews.