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1 month, 1 week ago Little Big Planet delayed by Koran quotes
THE highly-anticipated video game Little Big Planet has been delayed due to fears a song in the game may cause religious offence.
NEWS.com.au | Technology | Gaming - 5:14 p.m. Monday 20th October 2008
1 month, 2 weeks ago Video game censorship and the art of horror
PRETENDING that video games are for children is to ignore an emerging art form, writes gaming journalist Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw.
NEWS.com.au | Technology | Gaming - 8 a.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
1 month, 2 weeks ago Interview with pro girl gamer Ashley Jenkins
WHAT is it like being a girl gamer? We interview Ashley Jenkins, also known as Jinx, about her career with gaming clan The Frag Dolls.
NEWS.com.au | Technology | Gaming - 8 a.m. Monday 13th October 2008
1 month, 3 weeks ago Virtual car races into real-life at motor show
A CAR designed as a fantasy vehicle for a PlayStation game made its debut as a real-life prototype at the Paris Motor Show.
NEWS.com.au | Technology | Gaming - 1 a.m. Monday 6th October 2008
2 months ago Kindergarten shooting game taken down
A GAME in which players shoot kindergarten students has been pulled from a Finnish website after the country's worst school shooting.
NEWS.com.au | Technology | Gaming - 8:38 a.m. Friday 3rd October 2008
Over a third of Australian gamers are female
FORGET the stereotype of video games being about boy's toys ? over a third of gamers in Australia are women.
NEWS.com.au | Technology | Gaming - 2 a.m. Friday 3rd October 2008
2 months ago ABC apologises for 'misleading' game debate
THE ABC has apologised for providing "misleading" information during a debate on the lack of a R18+ video game rating in Australia.
NEWS.com.au | Technology | Gaming - 4:10 p.m. Tuesday 30th September 2008
2 months ago Silent Hill video game refused classification
THE latest instalment in popular video game franchise Silent Hill has becoming the fourth game to be banned in Australia this year.
NEWS.com.au | Technology | Gaming - 8:43 a.m. Monday 29th September 2008
2 months, 1 week ago Spore 'spying' outrage evolves into lawsuit
SPORE , the video game that lets people play God, has been accused of slipping devilish anti-piracy software onto players' machines.
NEWS.com.au | Technology | Gaming - 9 a.m. Friday 26th September 2008
2 months, 1 week ago Video games to get ads before ratings
IN an effort to thwart piracy, video games and films will be allowed advertising before classification, a state government has announced.
NEWS.com.au | Technology | Gaming - 3:30 p.m. Wednesday 24th September 2008
3 months, 1 week ago Merger of gaming giants gets green light
A PROPOSED merger between video game publishers Electronic Arts and Take-Two has received approval from antitrust authorities.
NEWS.com.au | Technology | Gaming - 9 a.m. Thursday 21st August 2008
Sims 3 gets February launch date
THE next instalment in one of the biggest-selling game franchises, The Sims , is set to be released next February.
NEWS.com.au | Technology | Gaming - 8:45 a.m. Thursday 21st August 2008
3 months, 1 week ago Gamers gather as Space Invaders turns 30
SPACE Invaders is turning 30 this week, and Europe's biggest video games convention has marked the event with a homage.
NEWS.com.au | Technology | Gaming - 12:10 p.m. Wednesday 20th August 2008
Cinema 2.0 to bring photo-realism to games
NEW photo-realistic image technology dubbed "Cinema 2.0" promises to make video games look like movies.
NEWS.com.au | Technology | Gaming - 2 a.m. Wednesday 20th August 2008
3 months, 2 weeks ago Teen drops out of school to play Guitar Hero
HE'S not the first kid to drop out of school and play video games, but Blake Peebles may be the first to do so with the blessing of his parents.
NEWS.com.au | Technology | Gaming - 8 a.m. Tuesday 19th August 2008

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