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The video game industry seems headed for a two-tier future, with high-profile, well-funded titles with little ambition facing off against smaller indie titles that rely more on feeling, but at least one veteran developer believes that this separation is bad for the players.
Jade Raymond, who is the current leader of... |
17 April 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Adult Only video games have long been considered a form of suicide for those companies brave enough to release them, but the leader of the main association representing the industry believes that the AO rating will become more familiar and accepted during the coming years. Patricia Vance, who is the current presiden... |
11 April 2012
16:31 GMT |
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TransGaming has officially confirmed its partnership with 2K Games to port The Darkness II, an M-rated first-person shooter psychological thriller video game, over to the Mac. The game had already been scheduled to arrive on Mac OS X this month.
In a statement issued this week, Vikas Gupta, CEO and president of Tran... |
14 March 2012
19:21 GMT |
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The new Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, which mixes a video game and actual real world toys, has been very successful since being introduced last year mainly because it is family friendly and targeted a large audience but at one point the franchise was reaching for a darker, mature tone.
Alex Ness, who is a rep... |
14 March 2012
16:11 GMT |
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CD Projekt Red, the developer behind The Witcher role playing game series, has talked about its recent installment, The Witcher 2, and how its mature content allows it to portray a more realistic world, as opposed to other M-rated titles.
The Witcher 2 came out last year on the PC and the studio is now getting ready... |
6 March 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Australia has long been seen as a land of arcane and outdated ratings for both movies and video games but now the Australian Law Reform Commission has launched a public discussion which includes 43 discussion points linked to how the system can be rebuilt from the ground up.For video game publishers working in Austra... |
3 October 2011
04:08 GMT |
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A new study conducted by the Federal Trade Commission has shown that just 13 percent of children under 18 were able to buy video games that were rated M for Mature, which is a significantly better number than the 20% that could do the same in 2009.
The study is based on the “secret shopper” technique a... |
21 April 2011
08:57 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Rating Board, a non-profit independent organization which awards ratings to more than 1,000 video games to help customers with their decisions, has announced that it is implementing a new program which will have the task of rating digitally-distributed console-based video games.
The prog... |
19 April 2011
17:31 GMT |
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Blizzard has made it official that it will be appealing the ruling from the Games Rating Board in South Korea, which has slapped an 18+ rating on StarCraft II, a decision that might limit sales of the videogame in one of its most important markets. The reason for the decision was made on the basis of “level of ... |
26 April 2010
18:21 GMT |
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The main body tasked with rating videogames that go on sale in Korea has said that it is giving an 18+ rating to StarCraft II, the upcoming real time strategy sequel coming from Blizzard this year. This means the game can only be legally sold to adults and might lead to the title moving less copies than expected in t... |
20 April 2010
05:12 GMT |
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The March launch date of Tecmo's Dead or Alive: Paradise is nearly upon us, and, beyond all the game trailers we've already seen, the ESRB and its rating are here to provide more details. While most of the description was what we could have expected, from both the title and the and ESRB, the review ended on... |
5 February 2010
03:32 GMT |
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SEGA has been something of a pioneer. As other publishers were busy offering stripped down, colorful and easy to understand experiences on the Nintendo Wii home gaming console, which has the biggest installed base of the current generation, the publisher released two mature, violent and complex games, MadWorld and Ho... |
6 January 2010
03:23 GMT |
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The ESRB is responsible for rating games and for deciding whether a title will be available to a larger public or to a smaller one. For games to get a certain rating, they have to meet some content requirements. If one is too violent or dabbles in mature themes, the ESRB will restrict it to an older audience. But, as... |
19 November 2009
03:06 GMT |
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One of the big selling points of the Xbox 360 home gaming console, for this Christmas, is the social tools which Microsoft is promising to integrate, from Facebook and Twitter to Last.fm. They are being slowly rolled out over the coming weeks and the company is hoping that the new services, available to all thos... |
10 November 2009
14:31 GMT |
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One of the more unnerving sights of the last few months has been the marketing campaign for Dragon Age: Origins, the BioWare developed and Electronic Arts published role playing adventure set to arrive on the Xbox 360 and the PC on November 3.The promos, which used to focus on the fantasy world and on the various RPG... |
19 October 2009
08:08 GMT |
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One of the big gambles of early 2009 is the release of an M-rated game, which contains strong language, references to drugs and anti social behavior, on the very child and family friendly Nintendo DS. Take Two and Rockstar took this gamble by creating and releasing Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, which is a very da... |
14 April 2009
18:11 GMT |
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It was quite a surprise to see Ubisoft announce, last year, that Beyond Good & Evil 2 was in development and that the creator of the first game in the series was leading the work on the sequel. After all, the title was very niche, tackled some complex issues and featured more sneaking than fighting.Michel Ancel, who ... |
7 April 2009
17:51 GMT |
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We reported yesterday that Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe managed to sell more than 1.8 million units, which is very good news for Midway, a company that has been caught badly by the credit crunch. And it seems that due to this success, there's a good chance that we might see another Mortal Kombat videogame at th... |
28 January 2009
15:01 GMT |
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It's official, FPS fans. The demo of Clive Barker's Jericho is now officially up on Xbox Live Marketplace and ready for you to grab. Within the lines below you have a bunch of details on the game but also information about how players must take advantage of Church, Black and Delgado's paranormal talent... |
27 September 2007
08:46 GMT |
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Right, this is the day everyone finally gains knowledge of what Rockstar has done to Manhunt 2 to get their Mature rating. In an updated interview with 1UP contributor Andrew Podolsky, following a hands-on experience with the game, the website reveals that Rockstar's content within the horror-action game has bee... |
13 September 2007
03:27 GMT |
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Dinosaur teens were very naughty, just like the human ones. But they did not use contraceptives, and they bred even if they were teenagers, unlike birds, which are considered living dinosaurs, that have sex only after reaching an adult size. Sexual maturity before reaching adulthood is also found in crocodiles, allig... |
20 July 2007
03:34 GMT |
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