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The Week In Dangerous Games: Fish Punching, Light Treason

11:00AM October 4, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

You know, video games will rot your brain. They’re filled with nothing more than gratuitous fish abuse, LEGO toilet humour and references to pornographic cannonballs — or so this week’s most potentially offensive video games might lead us to believe. More »

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This Week In Dangerous Games: Skyrim, Kirby, Diablo III

12:00PM September 27, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

How are new and upcoming video games potentially offending us now? In mostly the same old ways: with excessive violence and gore, earfuls of foul language, smoking, drinking and “suggestive themes”, sometimes known as sex. More »

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HD Re-Release Of Devil May Cry Trio Looks More Likely Than Ever

11:30AM September 7, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Earlier this year we published a rumour that the first three games in Capcom’s famed Devil May Cry series would be getting an HD re-release. More »

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Japanese PS3 Game Pull For Inappropriate Rating

10:30PM July 28, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Atelier Meruru: The Alchemist of Arland 3 is a role-playing game. It’s supposed to be rated CERO A, which is the equivalent of the ESRB E. It was supposed to. More »

In Real Life

Here’s What The ESRB Has To Say About Dead Island

8:00AM July 18, 2011 | Owen Good

It’s no surprise that Deep Silver’s zombie title is getting an M-rating. The certificate just handed to it by the ESRB is still a little interesting for the bits of details it gives up from the game, from dialogue to gameplay features. More »

Nintendo

Rating For Aliens: Infestation Shows It’s Not Game Over For Aliens On DS

6:20AM July 16, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

The Nintendo DS game based on the Aliens franchise that leaked more than two years ago looks like its finally going to happen. Proof? Aliens: Infestation for the DS, a side-scrolling, alien-shooting platformer, was just rated by the ESRB. More »

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Looks Like The Witcher 2 Is Also Coming To The Xbox 360

11:30AM May 25, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Developer CD Projekt has teased console versions of The Witcher games before, but it looks like it might actually happen for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. The game’s producer talked around it to Eurogamer and the ESRB now has a rating for an Xbox 360 version. Maybe at E3, then?

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Kinect Googly Eyes, Crimson Alliance, Kinect Me And More Outed By Aussie Ratings

11:00AM May 24, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Microsoft may be running shorter on genuine new surprises for this year’s E3 expo, as Australia’s ratings classification board shines a light on new, unannounced Xbox 360 and Kinect games. That said, I’m dying to find out what Kinect Googly Eyes is. More »

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‘Human Tetris’ Coming To Kinect?

10:00AM May 18, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Looks like Microsoft is turning game show Hole in the Wall, the Western take on Japan’s Nōkabe (aka Brain Wall or colloquially “Human Tetris”), into an Xbox 360 game. And, yes, that does seem like a very natural fit for Kinect… More »

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Burnout Crash! Finally Adds Lobster Monsters And UFOs

7:40AM May 7, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Already outed by Australian ratings board, the ESRB details the next game in the Burnout series, a PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game that sounds… well, really different. More »