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Dev Alleges Some Deceive ESRB To Get Lower Ratings
2:40PM Owen Good | The CEO of Artificial Mind & Movement — the studio behind WET and the PSP build of Danté’s Inferno — said at a development conference that the ESRB is easily manipulated and that publishers take advantage of it. More »
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BioShock 2 Rated M For Intense Violence, Wirty-Dords
1:00PM Owen Good | No surprise BioShock 2 picked up an M from the ESRB, but that’s not to say its newly minted rating certificate isn’t interesting. The writeup says we can expect F-bombs, mother F-bombs, the C-word and the past tense of “tweeta”. More »
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ESRB On Assassin’s Creed II’s “Strong Sexual Overtones”
12:20PM Michael McWhertor | Just when you think that Assassin’s Creed II is going to feature throat-slitting violence and fountains of blood in a family-friendly manner, Ubisoft crosses the line putting “strong sexual overtones”, as thoroughly described by the ESRB. More »
Rumours
Any Objections To Phoenix Wright On The Wii?
2:20PM Luke Plunkett | Germany’s Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK), the country’s ratings board, have let slip a listing for an upcoming Phoenix Wright title. For the Wii. More »
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Rayman Adventuring To DSiWare
7:40AM Michael McWhertor | Looks like Ubisoft is bringing more Rayman to the portable gaming arena, with a rating for Rayman for Nintendo’s DSiWare recently levied by Germany’s UnterhaltungssoftwareSelbstkontrolle ratings board. Man, that’s a long word. More »
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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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Dragon’s Lair Getting Squeezed Down For DSiWare
9:40AM Michael McWhertor | Classic laserdisc adventure Dragon’s Lair is headed to Nintendo’s DSiWare download service, according to a new rating from Germany’s USK ratings board. Potentially good news for a game that was once bound for a regular Nintendo DS release. More »
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Looks Like Left 4 Dead 2 Is Coming To Australia
11:00AM Michael McWhertor | Australia’s long nation nightmare of maybe not being able to play Left 4 Dead 2 may soon be over, as the government’s media ratings board has apparently issued the zombie shooter a rating of MA-15+. More »
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ESRB Descriptions Get Weird With Left 4 Dead 2
8:40AM Michael McWhertor | The Entertainment Software Ratings Board is home to invaluable information — and not just when they leak game details early. The ESRB’s typically sterile content descriptions are enormously entertaining, as proven by entries for Brutal Legend, Bayonetta and Scribblenauts. More »
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