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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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Aliens Vs Predator Vs Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle

7:00PM November 12, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

This story involves Germany and a video game packed with violent content, so yeah, you can already imagine where things are headed from here. More »


Guitar Hero: Van Halen Confirmed By Ratings Board?

5:40AM April 18, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

While Activision’s plans for a Guitar Hero game highlighting the music and career of Van Halen is a poorly kept secret, the publisher hasn’t yet officially announced it. But the German game ratings board has.

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Even Germany’s Box Art Is Censored Now

5:30PM October 27, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

The Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle, or USK, are Germany’s classification board. And as you may already be aware, they’re a conservative bunch, banning games that even Australia let slide. But this, this is new. Witness Germany’s box art for Valve’s upcoming zombie co-op shooter, Left 4 Dead. Notice anything, uh, different?

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Savage Moon Is A New Game For The PS3

10:20PM August 14, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

And that’s all we know! Because all we know is that a rating for the game has turned up on the website of the Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (ie the USK, ie Germany’s classification board), it’s got a 12 rating, it’s only for the PS3, and it is, apparently, a military strategy game. Seeing as we’ve never heard of this before, odds are good that it’s a PSN title. Odds are equally good that we’ll be seeing it at some stage during Sony’s lone ranger press conference at Leipzig next week.

Savage Moon [USK, thanks everyone who sent this in!]

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