Games R18+ cleared for take-off but still on runway

With NSW finally giving its “in-principle” support to R18+ ratings for games after the recent SCAG meeting saw South Australia give its support and NSW end up as the new roadblock on the runway, but while it’s now clear, gamers are still waiting.
 

Duke Nukem ‘Fornever’: a game that should be nuked?

From across the web, it turns out the game that took 15 years to emerge shouldn’t have bothered coming out and wasting everyone’s time.
 

Xbox 360 gets ‘Wireless Speed Wheel’ from October

Although the Xbox 360 has had a wired steering wheel available for some time, a brand new wireless model will zoom into stores and homes from October, just in time for what could well be a speedy holiday sales season!
 

Why Nintendo IS price gouging on the 3DS

An article from Current.com.au suggests transportation, waiting and postage costs are good reasons why Nintendo’s extra $100 cost above US pricing isn’t price gouging Australians, but does this make sense or is it a load of tosh?
 

New Pokemon Black/White is no joke, mon

Although some wouldn’t poke Pokemon with a ten-foot barge pole, mon, preferring Pacman instead, the Japanese game is still a big hit for Nintendo, with the company releasing two new Black and White Pokemon games.
 

Kinect kintroversy: voice kintrol not kinnected for Aussies, ‘kinell!

Microsoft’s motion-controlled Kinect accessory for the Xbox 360 has come with some local kintroversy baked in: although voice controls work when you connect to a US Xbox Live account, they don’t work with an Aussie account, so no voice controls for you, cobber, until next year!
 

A grand truism-o at last: Gran Turismo 5 coming Nov 25!

A truism is an obvious truth, and while the truth of Gran Turismo 5’s oft-delayed release was never certain, you can finally start your engines, overtake all your fears, and prepare to be first past the post in getting your own copy of Gran Turismo 5 at last!
 

Nintendo definitely seeing “Red” for Christmas down under!

The red Nintendo revolution has rocked up down under to satisfy Super Mario loving fans, unleashing the Red Wii bundle while also separately releasing the Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary edition with special bonus materials.
 

Nintendo: seeing 'Red' for Christmas down under?

Despite Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect and Sony’s Playstation Move, Nintendo’s original motion sensing Wii is still a force to be reckoned with, as is Nintendo’s main mascot Mario, whose “Super Mario All-Stars” 25th Anniversary Edition is set to come down under, probably sooner rather than later, but will the Red Wii and DSi XL follow too?
 

Will Rau right R18+ wrongs?

Gamers of Australia are hoping that South Australia’s new Attorney General, John Rau, will live up to Gamers4Croydon’s Chris Prior tweet that he’s a nice guy, is a supporter of the R18+ classification for games and that R18+ is on his to do list.