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It's time to celebrate! Weeks like this are what the next-gen/current-gen/whatevs is all about. Check it out:

US Games
European Games
Asian Games
That's right, GRAW 2 is the first true world-wide game release on the PS3. And it doesn't stop here. Come September we'll see this happen more and more often. Heavenly Sword and Warhawk (the downloadable version, at least) will be obtainable within days of each other.

So while PS3 games are region free, soon it won't even matter. If you do fancy importing GRAW 2, however, the option is there. Release dates change constantly subject according to the whims of the fates, so be sure to check with your local shop before heading out.

JoystiqWorldwide PS3 releases for the week of August 20th originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Game censorship is a big news item in the past few months. Political types of all walks of life enjoy trying to stifle the medium by passing laws that don't hold up in court in the US and even get through without much of a hitch in Europe. On the other side of the world, one nation is going the opposite direction.

South Korea, which recently proposed an anti-gold farming bill, has pulled censorship on games depicting military action against their northern neighbor. Under the ban, any game that was negative toward North Korea was not permitted for sale in the South, citing they would only inflame the existing tension. However, wiser South Korean lawmakers finally realized video games have little impact on the real world, cut the rule and games like Ghost Recon 2 can now be sold.

Lawmakers from the West take note; South Korea has the right idea. When they're sitting right next to an unstable tin-pot dictator and decide that games aren't going to cause a mass invasion, we should start reassessing this whole "games make people violent" kick. Our only hope is wiser people end up in leadership positions who actually try to solve problems instead of deflecting the responsibility on an unrelated party.

JoystiqSouth Korea loosens game censorship originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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