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The Ballad Of Gay Tony To Have “Strong” Sex, Ample Thrusting
9:20AM Michael McWhertor | How does Rockstar Games plan to one-up the shock factor of full frontal male nudity from Grand Theft Auto: The Lost & Damned? Perhaps with some “strong” sex scenes and thrusts aplenty in The Ballad of Gay Tony. More »
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Wait, There Was A Recipe For Meth In GTAIV?
2:30PM Luke Plunkett | Proof that in a world as big as Grand Theft Auto IV’s you can play it for months and never see all the game has to offer: apparently there’s a “recipe” for the production of methamphetamines hidden somewhere in the game. More »
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PEGI Triumphs Over The BBFC
2:40AM Mike Fahey | The war between the British Board of Film Classification and the Pan-European Game Information system over UK game ratings comes to an end today, with PEGI to act as the UK’s sole age rating system. More »
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Silent Hill Gets Re-Rated, Wii-make Announcement Coming Soon?
9:40AM Michael McWhertor | If Konami does have plans to re-release the original Silent Hill for the Wii and PSP, as previously rumoured, that announcement must be coming soon, as the BBFC has just recently rated the title. More »
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British Rating Board: Resident Evil 5 Is Not Racist
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | When the Resident Evil 5 trailer was first shown, it raised some eyebrows. Some were critical, saying the set-in-Africa game used racist imagery. More »
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MadWorld Won’t Be Censored For UK
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Upcoming Wii title MadWorld has made it through the British rating board, the BBFC. There will be no content changes to game — probably the most violent title since No More Heroes. More »
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Ratings: ESRB on Punch-Out, BBFC on Chinatown Wars
2:00AM Owen Good | The British Board of Film Classification have given Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, an 18-rating. No surprise there, but the classification also mentions that there’s 168 minutes of cutscenes in the game. More »
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PEGI Should Be Legal Standard In UK – ELSPA
8:20AM Stuart Houghton | The consultation period for the UK’s Byron Review into age ratings and the effects of videogames on children has now concluded and the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) have presented their report to the UK Government. More »
UK Manhunt 2 – The Long Struggle Is At An End
1:40AM Mike Fahey | At last there is light at the end of the tunnel, and beyond that a man waiting with a claw hammer, ready to crack open your skull. Rockstar has confirmed with our friends over at GamesIndustry.biz that following a long struggle with the British Board of Film Classification, Manhunt 2 for the PS2, Wii, and PSP will be in the shops on October 31st, which is some sort of a holiday, or so I’m told. More »
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