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After excessive debate, changes and moral panic, an R18+ rating bill is set to be introduced to parliament in 2 weeks time. Gamespot is reporting the news, but warns that the process is an arduous one and that it may yet take some time before an R18+ rating is introduced. …

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Nintendo has signed a partnership that will provide 3DS owners with free Wi-Fi at major UK airports. The deal with Boingo Wireless covers terminals at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted as well as Southampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen airports. The 3DS will automatically connect to Boingo’s Wi-Fi hotspots, allowing players to …

Sony Computer Entertainment is negotiating an in-game currency policy for all virtual items traded on PS3, the CEO of CCP Games has said. Hilmar Pturssontold Developthat the studioexpects that the negotiations will establish pricing tiers of virtual items, as well as the revenue split between Sony and developers. The talks …

Several videos have emerged online that appear to depict hackers playing pirated PS3 games on PlayStation Vita. Eurogamer reports that the exploit requires a PS3 using the old 3.55 firmware version. Even though Vita Remote Play support was only introduced with the 4.00 firmware release, this restriction can be circumvented …

Dust 514 to establish universal PSN microtransaction rules; Game could still hit retail