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Man, this is getting tedious; every time an Australian politician with some intelligence promotes the addition of an 18+ rating for the land down under, some other moron voices his concern that doing so will usher in the end of Australia’s moral fibre.The last time we touched on this subject, the country’s Home Affairs Minister, ... [»]
The recent refusal of a classification for Mortal Kombat in Australia is a touchy subject at the moment. The game was refused classification meaning it’s barred from sale. Warner Bros. Interactive appealed the decision, but were denied classification again. Then the Australian Border Control announced that they would search for and ... [»]
Game, one of Australia’s largest gaming retailers has decided it’s time to really start cashing in second hand sales and has put together a pretty unique video ad explaining it’s offering. Some parts I found pretty funny, like the sexy lady who uses her wares to disarm the ... [»]
On Monday we posted a story on how Australia’s new Home Affairs Minister, Brian O’Connor, was going to be the saviour of gamers in the land down under. He was the guy who was going to get the six Attorney Generals to endorse a change to the country’s rating system for ... [»]
I’ve always maintained that when it comes to gaming scenes in a country, nobody has it as bad as Australia. Well, maybe ze Germans also have it bad, but the Australian government seems to get their panties in a bunch a lot more often than those from the land of pretzels ... [»]
You know those inventions that you see in store one day and you instantly think “Why didn’t I think of that?†well this is possibly yet another one of those moments.Janene Samuel a 42 year old housewife from Australia has invented one of the simplest gaming accessories ... [»]
Well this is no surprise but I was wondering how Microsoft were going to handle this demo what with Australia’s archaic ratings board. Well the demo is now available to the rest of the Xbox Live supported regions but unfortunately if you try and add it to your queue from the ... [»]
For those out of the loop, Australia currently doesn’t have a censorship rating for videogames over M for mature (Apologies, MA+ for mature). Which boils down to any game aimed at adults being banned down under.Some of the more famous titles that have fallen under the archaic laws of this oppressive regime are GTA IV, ... [»]
So have you been wondering how much of this new price cut will land up here in Australia? Well according to a new flyer sent out by Gametraders we can start pre-ordering our PS3 Slims for the new low price of $499 which compares favourably to the European price of 299 ... [»]
So do you see yourself as a budding Master Chief? Want to see if you can trash a warthog in real life as badly as you did in the game?Well if you are in Sydney this weekend coming then this news is for you, the real ... [»]
As you may be aware Activision hasn't planned on releasing a Prestige or Hardened edition for the PC version of it's title which has obviously gotten quite a few people upset.Well, to it's credit, EB Games Australia has stated that they are working on a way to get the PC guys those awesome night vision goggles.Nothing has been finalised yet but I doubt ... [»]
There has been a lot said recently about the cost of Modern Warfare 2 and whether or not this is going to be something that we are just going to have to get used to.Well EB Games has just announced it's pricing and the awesome night vision premium bundle for Modern Warfare 2 is going to ... [»]
Sony’s Australian and New Zealand Chief, Michael Ephraim, has been chatting it ITWire.com about E3 in general and has made an interesting comment about the price of the upcoming PSP Go’s games. While trying to defend the UMD and insisting on ... [»]
Over the weekend I received an email, in the middle of all the hate mail, from Ewers asking us for our opinion on the local cost of games in relation to the recent improvement in the exchange rate.My first thought was that we (South Africa and Oz actually) were once again being over charged with the grubby fingers pointing to the variable exchange rate, small market share and the over the top cost of shipping the items to our small market.However the more I looked into it the more it felt that we were not really being taken for that much of a ride. Take a look at the below table and let me know what you feel.I have converted all prices to US Dollars using Google's curreny converter for simplicity... it may not be exactly accurate but we get the point.TitleSA CostUS ... [»]
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