Eleven US states have teamed up to express their support for the California law that restricts the sale of violent games to minors.
Despite being deemed unconstitutional at federal court level, the Supreme Court said in April that it will review the law - signed by governor Arnold Schwarzenegger five years ago - during its next term beginning in October.
Its verdict will determine whether individual states can impose sales restrictions on games that could see violent titles classed as X-rated entertainment, a potential outcome that’s troubling major games industry executives.
According to Gamasutra, an amicus brief filed yesterday by the attorneys general of Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia contains arguments to the Supreme Court in favour of the law.
The state officials say they are "vitally interested in protecting the welfare of children and in helping parents raise them," but that the decision to strike down the law "unreasonably restricts their authority to do that."