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Blizzard offering refunds for AU Diablo 3 pre-orders unserved by GAME
Just because you're far away from Blizzard, Australia, doesn't mean that the publisher doesn't love you. Case in point: after hearing about the issue with Australia's GAME retail chain and how that could affect Diablo 3 pre-orders (it would effectively cancel them without refund), Blizzard took to ...
GAME Australia enters voluntary administration
Retailer GAME's Australian arm has entered voluntary administration (i.e. "bankruptcy"), with stores continuing to operate as normal for the time being. The company wrote on its Facebook page: "We are still trading in all stores and will operate in a business as usual mode while the Administrators ...
Rampant Speculation Theatre presents: Australian Classification Board rates 'Rabbids Rumble'
The Australian Classification Board has issued a rating of "G" to Rabbids Rumble from Ubisoft, which doesn't exist. Okay, well, not officially anyway. We're sure something exists, and that the Australian Classification Board rated it, but Ubisoft has yet to publicly acknowledge its existence, ...
Red PS3 lands on Australian shores at the end of May
Sony has selected Australia as the next worthy recipient of the red PS3, after it debuted in Japan last year and waits to hit the UK on May 11, according to its current Amazon listing. Australia's scarlet PS3 will be available in select stores on May 31 for AU$460 (US$470). This is the 320GB ...
The Walking Dead won't head down under
Australian and Kiwi zombie enthusiasts looking forward to the first episode of Telltale's The Walking Dead have been infected with something even more dangerous than a dead-raising mutagen: Disappointment. While a listing for the title reportedly exists on the Australian PSN, The Walking Dead ...
Australian government finally introduces R18+ bill, to go into effect next year
Australia's game rating woes are almost over. After years of debate and legal discussion about an R18+ rating for video games there (that would allow for the equivalent of the ESRB's M-rated games to be released without, you know, being illegal), the government has finally agreed to the new rating, ...
Crimson Dragon rated in Australia, features markings of 'Project Draco'
It would appear the final name of "Project Draco" will be Crimson Dragon, if the pieces of a recent Australian classification fit neatly together. The author of the classification is listed as Grounding Inc., with Microsoft as publisher. Also, the game is called Crimson Dragon, which seems to ...
European retailer Game puts a plaster over its money wound
Earlier this week Game met with lenders to discuss its credit problems and options for staying in business, and now Game reports it will operate "with lower limits" and under "revised terms for its facilities." As of November 2011, Game had 1,275 stores in Europe and Australia, but has hinted that ...
Rumor: THQ reduces AU staff by 14, Japan office set to close [update: THQ responds]
One "anonymous source" speaking to Kotaku's Australian arm believes that more layoffs are affecting THQ, this time specifically targeting 14 AU-based employees and the remainders of the company's Japan-based office. As has been the company line throughout the the past week of intermittent layoffs, ...
R18+ bill goes before Australian parliament in February
A bill to allow an R18+ rating for games in Australia will be introduced to the parliament in February, Gamespot AU reports. Federal Minister for Home Affairs Jason Clare plans to introduce the bill during the first session in parliament this year, expected to commence February 7. Once introduced, ...
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