Rising Star Games has told Kotaku that due to classification concerns they have no plans to release Deadly Premonition in this country. More »
Apple has moved quite comprehensively to ban sex from its iTunes Application store, and while it does clear out some spam applications, some high-selling and even tame ones find themselves caught in the blast. More »
You know, every time a game is “banned” in Australia, I see people from the US and Europe saying stupid, stupid things. I’d like to try and put a stop to that. More »
Decapitation, dismemberment, locational damage, impalement, eye-gouging and the use of human heads as trophies: that’s why Aliens vs Predator was refused classification in Australia, as we reported this morning. More »
Sega may not have bothered to submit upcoming shooter Aliens Vs Predator for classification in Germany. But they did in Australia. And we’ve just heard this morning that those efforts appear in vain. More »
The Classification Board has stated that “drug use related to incentives or rewards” is the reason why gangster-themed MMO Crimecraft has been refused classification in Australia. More »
You may not have even heard of Crimecraft. But you will know it now. It’s just been banned in Australia. More »
When Left 4 Dead 2 was originally refused classification in Australia, the Classification Board noted the “high impact violence” carried out against “living humans infected with a rabies-like virus”. It sounded like the Board viewed the game’s enemies as human rather than zombies. But apparently that’s not why it was banned. More »
