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News 11 years ago
Saints Row 4 banned in Australia
Australians rejoiced back in January when the Classification Board approved the selling of 18+ games. This new rating opened the doors for games such as God Of War: Ascension and Dead Island Riptide to be sold on Australian soil. No longer would games be condemed and deemed inappropriate for even adult gamers. Or at least so we thought.
News 11 years ago
Battlefield 4 Alpha Specs
You're going to need a beast of a machine if you want to run Battlefield 4 at its highest settings and at 60FPS. Although it scales down quite nicely (allowing decent cards to run it around the 30FPS mark), working towards the best possible Battlefield experience might take a graphics card upgrade.
News 11 years ago
Apple Paying Parents of “Accidental Purchase” Kids
As somebody who is at least reasonably intelligent, there's a good chance that you wouldn't allow your children access to your credit card in a toy shop. You probably wouldn't give them a thousand dollars to hold either. Apparently, though, if you have over your phone, fail to use the included parental controls and your kid spends way too much on doughnuts, smurf berries and skins, it is the manufacturer of the phone that is at fault.
News 11 years ago
American McGee Announces OZombie – A Dark Take on The Wizard of Oz
If you were a fan of Alice back in the day, the thought of American McGee's Oz was just unbearable. That dark style mixed with one of the best know fantasy stories ever... It inevitably got cancelled. That hasn't stopped the question popping up regularly, however: "Will American McGee and Spicy Horse ever tackle Dorothy's trip along the yellow brick road?"
News 11 years ago
Puppeteer Demo on its Way
Sony exclusive Puppeteer will soon be getting a demo. The game, which was formally announced last year, is a platformer of sorts that has you using a magical pair of scissors to attack enemies and alter the world. It's one of those games that sounds really strange until you try it, and that opportunity is on its way.
News 11 years ago
Lovefilm to Stop Renting Out Games?
Lovefilm may well be putting a stop to their game rental service. Gamebrit reports than an email sent out to Amazon marketing affiliates late last week asked that people stop showing advertisements that mention the game rental program. Although it may well be slowly phased out, there's still mention of the service on the Lovefilm website and nothing seems to have been changed on that end of things.
News 11 years ago
God Of War: Redemption poster is fake
User disturbeddude101 over at the Official Playstation Forums posted a convincing photo of what looks like a poster for a new God Of War game entitled God Of War: Redemption for PS4 and Vita. Fellow members on the GOW board were understandably excited at the prospect of a return to Kratos' story on the next-gen console.
News 11 years ago
Post Apocalyptic Play Opens In July
If you like video games and live theater, there's a festival of plays opening this July in New York where all of the shows are inspired by video games. Notable among them is That Cute Radioactive Couple which is written by Games Reviews writer Charles Battersby.
News 11 years ago
Microsoft Clarify Family Sharing, Wasn’t Only Demos
There was a post made on PasteBin by an apparent Microsoft employee, a post that said that Family Sharing was just a glorified way of sharing demos. This would have not only been annoying to those who liked the sound of the feature, but it would have meant that Microsoft were flat out lying about something they were advertising. Not a mistake in an interview sort of lying, but across most of their promotional materials.
News 11 years ago
Indie Developer sacrifice sales for principles
The small indie team Fullbright announced today they have cancelled their plans to occupy a booth at PAX. The reason behind their cancellation is a noble one at that. Steve Gaynor (lead developer) wrote up a hard-hitting and semi-personal attack at the PAX founders today in an article that can only be described as 'fair enough'. Calling out Penny Arcade founders Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik for their outspoken views on controversial issues such as rape, transgenders and even bribes.