Game Trailers To Get Age Ratings

The ESRB, the group which gives software age ratings in the US, is beginning to enforce age restrictions on game trailers. The first victim is D3’s Dark Sector, and the ESRB have demanded that the trailer be removed from the internet. You have to wonder how a voluntary organisation has the clout to enforce anything [...]

Herr Straw Wants To Stifle Art

Jack Straw, Leader of the House of Commons in the UK, has criticised games developers (not mentioning anyone in particular Rockstar) for a lack of social responsibility. What this basically means is that he has let parents who let their kids play violent games off the hook, and laid the blame for all of society’s [...]

Taxing Virtually Everything

Should money you earn playing a game like WoW or Second Life be counted as taxable income? The US congress has been toying with this idea for a while, and if I’m any judge of governments, this will eventually come to pass.

This Week’s Releases (UK)

I may have been a little premature in saying the summer lull had begun, though looking ahead this does seem to be the last big week for new games for a while.
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Zamby and the Mystical Crystals (26th June): Zamby is a Qwonk, and needs light crystals to illuminate his cave. Obviously its not a [...]

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Beta Verdict

Yes, I’ve played it. Yes, I had some teething troubles (nothing that reinstalling the video drivers didn’t fix though.) And Yes, it is pretty.

Manhunt 2 Shelved By Publisher

In the ongoing saga of Take Two’s latest game, the publisher has suspended distribution of Manhunt 2 indefinitely. This is because the AO rating handed down by the ESRB in the US, on the heels of bans in the UK and Ireland, means that Sony and Nitnendo will not license it for their consoles.

PS3 To Get 380 Games By March 08

It has been revealed by Kazuo Hirai, the new president of Sony Computer Entertainment, that there are plans to release 380 games for the PS3 before March next year. This equates to roughly 7 games a week between now and then.

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