Australia to FINALLY get 18+ rated games, instead of making them ILLEGAL!

It seems those of you in Australia can finally play the games most people in any free country can already play!

For the longest time games like Left 4 Dead 2 have had to be edited or not be allowed at all in the country of Australia. The country of Australia has been a bit strange when it comes to allowing mature games to be released; they didn't allow Left 4 Dead 2 to get released because it was too mature and was not given a rating, so Valve edited it and took out the gore and things.

However, it seems that is all going to change with the 18+ rating. Finally, people in Australia will be able to play the games that most people are already allowed to play in the world.

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-22/games-rating-agreement/2806200

Nintendo Wii U - Next Gen Console! E3 (2011) - Pictures

Nintendo's next-generation console has been announced - officially, at E3! Here are some pictures..

E3, 2011, List of Games at Show

Here is a list of the games being shown at this year's E3 - these are in addition to the new Nintendo console that is being revealed, this year!

 This year's show is going to be very big; there is going to be Mass Effect 3, Battlefield 3, Dead Island, Bioshock: Infinite, Gears of War 3, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Batman: Arkham City, From Dust, Assassins Creed: Revelations, Wii 2 (project cafe), Legend of Zelda: Skyward, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Two Worlds II and much, much more!

2K Games

BioShock: Infinite 

The Darkness II

2K Sports

NBA 2K12 

Activision

Prototype 2 

Skylanders Spyro's Adventure 

Spider-Man: Edge of Time

X-Men: Destiny

Bethesda Softworks

Prey 2 

Rage

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Codemasters

Bodycount

F1 2011 

D3 Publisher

The Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon

White Knight Chronicles II 

Deep Silver

Dead Island

Risen 2: Dark Waters

Devolver Digital

Serious Sam 3: BFE 

Disney Interactive Studios

Cars 2 

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game 

Electronic Arts

Battlefield 3 

FIFA Soccer 12 

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning 

Madden NFL 12 

Mass Effect 3 

NCAA Football 12 

NHL 12 

Need for Speed: The Run  

SSX 

Star Wars: The Old Republic

The Sims 3: Generations 

En Masse Entertainment

Tera 

Focus Home Interactive

A Game of Thrones: Genesis 

Of Orcs and Men 

Rotastic 

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Testament of Sherlock 

Gazillion

Fortune Online  

Marvel Super Hero Squad Online

Microsoft

Forza Motorsport 4

Gears of War 3

MonkeyPaw Games

BurgerTime HD

Nexon

Dragon Nest 

Vindictus

Nintendo

Super Mario 3DS 

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 

No Publisher Announced

Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension 

Perfect World Entertainment

Raiderz

SouthPeak Games

Battle VS Chess 

Tecmo

Ninja Gaiden III 

Telltale Games

Back to the Future: The Game -- Episode 5: Outatime 

Jurassic Park: The Game 

Puzzle Agent 2 

TopWare Interactive

Scivelation 

Two Worlds II: Pirates of the Flying Fortress 

Trion Worlds

End of Nations 

Rift 

Ubisoft

Assassin's Creed Revelations 

Call of Juarez: The Cartel 

Driver: San Francisco 

From Dust 

Rayman Origins: Episode 1 

Rocksmith

The Adventures of TinTin  

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

TrackMania2 Canyon 

Warner Bros. Interactive

Bastion

Batman: Arkham City

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters

Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North

Go to IGN to see what consoles they are on and see more information about them like screenshots, etc.

EA, probably developing for Next-gen Xbox

According to IGN, Electronic Arts may very well be designing games for the next-generation Xbox, already! The case, according to them, just looks like a normal computer - like many early consoles look like, before they have any real design.

The updates on IGN's story tell that the console is probably going to be coming around 2013, but the people at Electronic Arts (EA) don't know what the console really looks like or much about it; they said it was from a trusted source, but who knows - Nintendo is announcing their console at E3 this year, although, Microsoft won't announce one this year, they may announce one next year and release it in 2013.

Some people are joking that it's just going to be a 360 with a Kinect duct taped to the side...

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/116/1166424p1.html

Jurassic Park, Telltale games, Screenshots and art

Here are some screenshots and/or art of that awesome looking video game adaptation of the 'Jurassic Park' movies (are they books, too?). Anyway, these look freaking awesome!

Telltale, Jurassic Park video game Delayed

Jurassic Park, a video game designed after the movies from years back, has been delayed until around the Fall. The game has come a long way and Telltale is really happy with the way the game is now; however, they believe that if they work on it for a bit longer, it will truly blossom and stand out in the crowd of too many video games.

So, I am happy that they're doing it. This game looks interesting and I wouldn't want it to be rushed and just thrown out there for them to make some quick cash. I really look forward to playing this awesome game and actually playing through Jurassic Park itself!

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6310447.html

Star Wars: The Old Republic, will get '1,000,000' Subscribers

Electronic Arts (EA) has announced that Bioware's new game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, will be profitable with only 500,000 subscribers; however, they actually think they will reach about double that number - 1,000,000!

One-million is a lot of people, Evil Arts... I mean EA. I really hope it does well, but still - it is EA, which I don't like (they ruin games...). Anyway, I still hope for the best in Bioware's efforts to make an awesome MMO.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6310176.html

Sims 3, Parody of William and Kate marriage

A slightly funny video parody of the marriage of William and Kate!

Portal 2, early release update

Portal 2 is going to be released early, as I've detailed before. We're done with about 6/12 of the games needed to be finished to unlock Portal 2! We need to beat all of the rest to finally unlock Portal 2 early. Here are the games that are left, and the order to focus on them in...


FOCUS ORDER:

1. Bit Trip Beat
2. Audiosurf
3. Super Meat Boy
4. Defense Grid The Awakening
5. Killing Floor
6. Amnesia: The Dark Descent
7. The Ball

To help with the early release:

1. Buy the Potato Sack
2. Play the Portal 2-based challenges in each of the 13 games included
3. Unlock the potatoes by doing so
4. Encourage others to buy the Potato Sack and unlock the potatoes
5. Play Portal 2 Early!

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Art Exhibit at the Smithsonian - Are Video Games ART?

The Smithsonian is going to have a video game exhibit, displaying the years of the evolving art of video games. However, some people still argue that games are not art. How can they not be art? Some people argue that they have to be experience the same way for everyone who sees it, just they have to be able to interpret it differently.

The problem with that definition of 'art' is that you would not be able to consider any musicals, plays, video games, figure skating or anything of that sort a type of art, because each of them could be different at each performance - some people will say a line differently, be at a different spot than the last time they were in the play, they could not see that part of the video game.. there are just so many reasons why that would not work. I don't understand how anyone could argue that video games are any different than any other type of art.

Source: http://pc.ign.com/articles/116/1160394p1.html