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GameSpot is reporting that the new Federal Minister for Home Affairs is predicting an R18+ rating by next year. Jason Clare indicated that he believes the bill will become legislation by 1st January 2013, after introducing the bill into parliament today. It was initially unknown whether the previous Minister for …

Social games company earnings at five cents a share, but GAAP earnings down

Organizers reveal talks with Ian Livingstone, Sojo Studios, and panel discussions

Brazilian social games company terminates an unspecified number of employees

Engine gets new particle effect system, pathfinding, and Google Chrome native client

In a rare occurrence, download sales figures have been released a Nintendo platform. A report from Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment estimates that $11.1m were spent on digital 3DS titles, encompassing remakes from Virtual Console and 3D Classics and original 3DSWare titles. The most popular game was The Legend of …

There's no wrong price point, says Sony studio boss

Virtual power-ups to monetise social game

Shares in world's most valuable company surpass $500

President of SCE Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida is confident that consumers will happily pay full price for Vita games. Titles for the new handheld vary in price – both digitally and at retail. Games are available from 4.79 for downloadable titles like MotorStorm RC, to 19.99 for mid-range gamessuch as …