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Having been banned in 2009, Bethesda has successfully overturned Fallout 3’s German ban. IGN reports that Bethesda "initiated a difficult and rarely-successful trial" with the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Minors (BPjM) to de-list the title ahead of the end of its statutory ten year sentence. Doing so would …
Read More »Australia has banned 220 games in the last four months
Over four times as many games have been banned in Australia in the last four months as were banned in the entirety of the period between 1994-2014. ABC reports that around 220 games have been banned since March, the majority of which are mobile titles. By contrast only 50 titles …
Read More »Turkey wants to ban Minecraft after government investigation decides it IS too violent
Minecraft could actually be banned in Turkey after a government investigation concluded that the game is excessively violent. The country’s family and social policies minister Aysenur Islam last month ordered an investigation into the game to assess its suitability for children. Although one would hope that the ministry at least …
Read More »Super Smash Bros 3DS players hit with 136-year online ban
71,582,030 minutes – that’s the length of an online ban being sent out to some players of Super Smash Bros on 3DS. A handful of Reddit users have received the – presumably erroneous – ban as punishment for what the platform holder has deemed to be overtly aggressive targeting of …
Read More »iPhone 6 to go on sale in China following security concerns
Apple’s latest handset has been approved for sale in China, after government concerns that the iPhone would allow US agencies to track user data were quashed. The iPhone 6 will hit Chinese shelves on October 17th, almost an entire month after the rest of the world. Apple managed to convince …
Read More »Indie boss Adelman has left Nintendo, admits to Twitter ban
The boss of Nintendo of America’s indie program Dan Adelman has left the company after nine years. Furthermore, in an interview with Kotaku Adelman admitted that Nintendo ordered he stop tweeting having previously strayed from the official line. Even more bafflingly, it was even at one stage suggested that a …
Read More »IeSF drops female ban for Hearthstone tournament
An upcoming Hearthstone tournament being run by the IeSF will no longer omit female players, although two other competitions remain female only. There was tremendous uproar on both sides of the divide yesterday when it was revealed that women would not be allowed to participate in an IeSF World Championship …
Read More »Some players wrongly banned from Battlefield 3 multiplayer
Anti-cheat system Punkbuster has incorrectly banned some innocent players of Battlefield 3. The third party software is designed to automatically identify players who are cheating and ban them automatically. As the software isn’t owned or operated by EA, overturning the bans is proving tricky. We are investigating an issue of …
Read More »Console games market rushes to capitalise on £8bn Chinese goldmine
Publishers and platform holders no longer have to ignore one of the world’s biggest video games markets. China is open for business. Government officials have lifted the 14-year ban on consoles and production of the devices has begun in Shanghai’s free trade zone to be sold in China. In doing …
Read More »Rockstar fights back against Grand Theft Auto Online cheaters
Cheating in Grand Theft Auto Online will not be tolerated, developer Rockstar has warned. Furthermore, those found guilty of deliberately cheating the system face a possible ban from the game. The assertions come following issues concerning the creation and sharing of what it describes as game-breaking” amounts of in-game currency …
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