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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA['Chop' and 'Mad Riders' rated in Australia]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/19/chop-and-mad-riders-rated-in-australia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/19/chop-and-mad-riders-rated-in-australia/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/19/chop-and-mad-riders-rated-in-australia/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center>
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Two mysterious games have appeared on Australia's Ratings Board, one published by Ubisoft for PS3, and one published by Microsoft for an unspecified platform.<br />
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The PS3 game in question is called <em><a href="http://www.classification.gov.au/www/cob/find.nsf/5b6ebdff7f5b9a24ca2575ca00062226/141e335e87b3e0bdca2579890057f506?OpenDocument">Mad Riders</a></em>, and carries a G classification, suggesting that nobody is <em>too</em> mad. Microsoft has the Microsoft Studios-made <a href="http://www.classification.gov.au/www/cob/find.nsf/5b6ebdff7f5b9a24ca2575ca00062226/d67c4caee1ba3508ca2579870057f4fc?OpenDocument"><em>Chop</em></a>, whose violent title also belies a G rating. <em>Chop</em> was rated concurrently with Grasshopper Manufacture's baseball-action Kinect game <a href="http://www.classification.gov.au/www/cob/find.nsf/5b6ebdff7f5b9a24ca2575ca00062226/f5f0828219ae15a7ca2579870057f4fb?OpenDocument"><em>Diabolical Pitch</em></a> and its collaborative shmup <a href="http://www.classification.gov.au/www/cob/find.nsf/5b6ebdff7f5b9a24ca2575ca00062226/be75b8a0f0a78327ca2579870057f4f9?OpenDocument">Sine Mora,</a> which both earned M ratings.<br />
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We've checked in with both Microsoft and Ubisoft, and we'll let you know when we find out what all the chopping and riding is about.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/19/chop-and-mad-riders-rated-in-australia/">'Chop' and 'Mad Riders' rated in Australia</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/19/chop-and-mad-riders-rated-in-australia/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20152041/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/19/chop-and-mad-riders-rated-in-australia/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>australia</category><category>chop</category><category>mad-riders</category><category>microsoft-studios</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>ratings</category><category>ratings-board</category><category>ubisoft</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>