Mobile

Saudi Arabia Bans Shoe-Shopping Game For Sounding Too Sexy

Shoe Wars is a simple little iPhone jumper about a woman looking for shoes, an activity many would consider a blissful experience. A little too blissful if you ask Saudi Arabia.


July 6, 2011
News

Are China’s Days Of Cockblocking Console Makers Numbered?

Game consoles are made in China. But they cannot be legally sold in China. Game consoles are banned. This year, Lenovo is launching a game console in China. Funny, that.


April 26, 2010
In Real Life

A Compendium Of Lame Excuses From The Banned

There’s only so many ways you can blame your Xbox Live profile saying nasty or verboten things on someone else. The truly creative are able to depict it as something beneficial to society. Like breast cancer awareness.


January 30, 2010
News

Games Ban Might Encourage Somali Teens To Shoot Real Guns

Somalia has a ton of problems, but at least it does have cybercafes where kids can enjoy playing games. But a fun-killing Islamist group has ordered them shut down in a ban on games in territories under its control.


November 11, 2009
In Real Life

Scottish Hotel Bans Video Games

Forget your PSP and DS at home! The oldest family-run hotel in Scotland, the Crieff Hydro, is asking guests not to bring video game hardware this holiday season in order to “restore traditional family values”.


October 31, 2009
News

Xbox Live Smashes Mass Banhammer On Pirates

“A small percentage” of Xbox Live users with modded consoles that allowed pirated games to play woke up to find an early treat in their Halloween bag: a banhammer.


October 17, 2009
News

Early Play On Illegal Forza, Borderlands Resulting In Permabans

Illegitimately obtained early copies of Forza Motorsport 3 or Borderlands being played on Xbox Live have resulted in permabans for the accounts of offending players, Microsoft has confirmed.


August 21, 2009
In Real Life

Xbox LIVE Game Banned For “Visual Sexual Assault Reminders”

And Yet, I Love You, an indie game developed for Xbox LIVE Indie Games Marketplace, has been pulled for being “too erotic”.


July 23, 2009
News

Microsoft Confirms Locking New Zealand Kids Out From Xbox Live

Kotaku AU

Bad news for under-18 gamers across the Tasman. Microsoft has verified the recent banning of New Zealand kids from Xbox Live downloads is all part of their plan.


July 16, 2009
News

Xbox Bans New Zealand Kids From Live Downloads

Kotaku AU

Australia may not allow adults to access adult games, but at least we’re not New Zealand. There, kids can’t even access G-rated games, demos and other downloadable content on Xbox Live.