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NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith will not be supporting the introduction of an R18+ rating for games in Australia at the upcoming Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG) meeting on Thursday. Without the Attorney-General’s support at the SCAG meeting, the R18+ motion cannot be passed. Alterations to Australia’s classification system currently require …
Read More »Namco Bandai announce Australian screening of Tekken: Blood Vengeance
Namco Bandai have announced a single screening of the animated feature Tekken: Blood Vengeance to take place in Sydney on 27 July. This screening will be one of a very select number worldwide, and the only screening to take place in Australia. Tekken Blood Vengeance 3D is being produced by …
Read More »Brawsome confirms MacGuffin’s Curse release date
Australian independent game developer Brawsome has confirmed today that its puzzle adventure game MacGuffin’s Curse, will be releasing on 27 October for PC, Mac (via Steam), iPad and iPhone. MacGuffin’s Curse will see players participating in top-down action puzzles alongside character-based story adventuring. Brawsome have previously been responsible for the …
Read More »Ubisoft appoints new Australian PR Executive
Ubisoft Australia have appointed Nehad Kenanie as their new PR and promotions executive. Nehad rounds out the existing team of Mikey Foley and Anna Chance, and brings experience in tourism and finance, as well as significant experience in consumer technologies. Formerly a consultant at Profesional Public Relations (PPR) where he …
Read More »Rise of Nightmares receives age rating in Australia
Sega Australia Pty Ltd has today confirmed that its hyper-violent Kinect title ‘Rise of Nightmares’ has received an MA15+ age rating in Australia. The Australian Classification Board has deemed the game suitable for those 15 years and over with consumer advice of Strong Horror Violence, Blood and Gore. After playing …
Read More »Anomalous Interactive launch Slingshot Justice for iOS
Anomalous Interactive, an indie developer from Melbourne, has announced the release of its first game: Slingshot Justice. The title is a point and click arcade shooter which sees a schoolyard vigilante doling out comeuppance to local bullies, and retails on the App Store for $0.99. Ryan Keable, co-founder of Anomalous, …
Read More »Freeplay games festival calling for speakers
Freeplay Independent Games Festival has put out a call for speakers to present at its August 20 and 21 event at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne. Freeplay confirmed that a final program for the event is due in a little over a week, and are looking for speakers …
Read More »EB Games confirms attendees for EB EXPO
Although many more publishers and developers are still to come, EB Games has confirmed the attendance all platforms holders as well as THQ, Sega, Ubisoft, EA, 2K, Activision, Namco Bandai and several others for the EB EXPO in October. EB EXPO will take place on the Gold Coast on October …
Read More »THQ reveals Saints Row: The Third pre-order offer
THQ has revealed a zany pre-order offer for Saints Row: The Third with Professor Genki’s Super Ethical Reality Climax. The pack will contain three pieces of downloadable content themed around the crazed stunt-cat: a ballistic man-a-pult (vehicle which sucks pedestrians into a roof-mounted cannon and shoots them back out), an …
Read More »LA Noire developer disputes crunch claims
Team Bondi’s management is actively working to learn from mistakes”, one dev at the company has said, weeks after it was revealed a controversial crunch culture had swept through the studio. David Heironymus, a programmer at the Australian indie studio, claimed however that allegations against Team Bondi have been exaggerated …
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