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Aliens Vs Predator Vs Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle

7:00PM 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 »
Rumours

Guitar Hero: Van Halen Confirmed By Ratings Board?

5:40AM 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. More »

Even Germany’s Box Art Is Censored Now

5:30PM 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? More »

Savage Moon Is A New Game For The PS3

10:20PM 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!] More »