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Bethesda Soft's new chapter in the post nuclear apocalyptic world has drawn the wrath of the OFLC because of the drugs known as chems that players can use for stat boosts in the game.



While New Zealand has a history of being more friendly to gaming's more mature titles than neighboring Australia, the word is that Kiwis will in fact only be able to get their hands on the OFLC guideline approved Australian version. The NZ arm of the OFLC decided tha...



What a turnaround of fortunes this has turn out to be. A survey of over 2,000 Australian retailers has discovered that the country's game-sellers are less than stellar about the Xbox 360. According to a recent GameRush report, PS3 and Wii are being viewed as the main...



For a long time, many an Australian gamer could tell you how long it would take to get many games on the store shelves and at times how impossible it was to find something aside from Final Fantasy. Now that may change as Ubisoft, the creators behind the Prince of Persia and Splinter Cell series have entered a deal with Square Enix to help with the distributions for both Australia and New Zealand.



Another game has come under fire in the land down under. This time the OFLC has denied classification for Activision's first person shooter, Soldier of Fortune: Payback, thereby banning its sale in Australia.



As if most of us haven't been waiting long enough for Sony to make up their minds on the issue, a proper, official European (and Australian) release date for the PS3 has finally been settled - mark it on your calendars folks; March 23rd!

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