Blitz gaming goes Volatile

by David Touve on Sep 16th 2005 4:00PM

possession In response to all the recent concern (or hysteria, depending upon your perspective) over adolescent access to mature gaming titles, Blitz gaming is spinning out their more "violent" gaming titles into a separate division. The new label, dubbed "Volatile," will be the brand under which the upcoming Possession game will be released. The odd result from this whole public response to more extreme gaming titles will likely be only a greater interest in these titles. Its wise that a group like Blitz, the makers of licensed titles built upon Barbie and Fairly Odd, should divert any outcry over blood and gore and zombies away from its more "wholesome" and politically correct panach of materialistic girls with out-of-proportion dimensions and a kid who shoots fairies with a ray gun.

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Reader Comments (2)

Does anyone honestly care about this?

Thanks for posting this. My company works with Blitz quite often; they are the largest independent developer in the UK. They are very good at what they do - their Horse Adventure game you mention is exceptional for its audience (although the anorexic avatar is disturbing!)

Oh, and Timmy absolutely does not shoot anti-fairies with a ray gun - because they won't allow us to have guns in the videogame versions of the TV show, even where it is appropriate to the license. There are some weird double standards about games.