Entries in 'australia' (124)
THQ Wireless restructuring leads to losses
THQ is restructuring its mobile division to focus on high-end games for iPhone, N-Gage, PSP and DS, and it seems that this has seen 75 per cent of the THQ ...
Further job cuts rumoured at EA
The EA rumour mill has continued to grind this morning with talk of further lay offs in both Canada and Australia.
AUSTRALIA: Attorney General defends lack of R18+ certificate
South Australian attorney general Michael Atkinson has defended the Classification Board’s refusal to introduce an 18 age rating for video games released in the territory, claiming that games are potentially ...
AUSTRALIA: Konami solidifies distribution ties
Konami has told MCV of the turbulence in the Australian games distribution sector and “challenging economic times” following the recent news that distributor Red Ant has been placed into administration ...
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THQ’s IceStorm ready to pick up Red Ant slack
Martin Good, the senior vice president of Australian distributor THQ Asia Pacific, has told MCV that has firm is ready to make the most of any opportunities that arise in ...
AUSTRALIA: Red Ant goes into administration
It has been confirmed that Australian video games distributor Red Ant has been placed into administration, impacting the supply chain of a number of leading publishers in the territory.
AUSTRALIA: Market jumps by 47 per cent
Australia has become the latest nation to following the footsteps of the UK, USA and Canada (though sadly not Japan) by reporting impressive rises in the value of ...
AUSTRALIA: MadWorld granted release
MadWorld, Platinum Games’ ultra stylised and ultra-violent title heading to the Wii later this year, has surprisingly survived its submission with the famously strict Australian OFLC and has been granted ...
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AUSTRALIA: Silent Hill succumbs to censors
The strict Australian classification system has struck again, and this time it’s Atari that has been forced to make changes to a title to get its game onto the nation’s ...
Project Zero IV conjuring up PAL release
The Australian version of Official Nintendo Magazine has for the first time dated the Western version of Tecmo’s spooky survival horror outing Fatal Frame IV, claiming that it’s being lined ...
AUSTRALIA: F.E.A.R. 2 banned
Despite being supposedly one of the most laid back nations on earth, the Australian ratings board is at it again with the news that Warner Interactive’s F.E.A.R. 2 has been ...
Xbox 360 price slashed again in Australia
Microsoft has sliced even more dollars off the price of the Xbox 360 in Australia. All three 360 SKUs have been reduced, with the Xbox 360 Arcade cut from AUD ...Advertisement
LA Noire to boast biggest ever budget?
After a long period of silence regarding Rockstar’s L.A. Noire, a number of details have emerged about the title from its homeland down under – including the claim that it ...
Fallout 3’s Aussie cuts go global
Fallout 3 publisher Bethesda has confirmed that the cuts made to its upcoming post-apocalyptic RPG in order to gain the approval of Australian censors have been incorporated into the international ...
AUSTRALIA: Fallout 3 granted release
News that the Australian games regulators had banned Bethesda’s next-gen RPG Fallout 3 from release were not received well by gamers Down Under – so the news that the game ...
AUSTRALIA: Wii crowned fastest-selling console
The Wii has been crowned the fastest-selling console ever down under after Nintendo Australia revealed that it has beaten PS2 and DS to the half a milion sales milestone.Advertisement
AUSTRALIA: DualShock 3 dated
Sony’s DualShock 3 controller will hit retail shelves in Australia on April 24th for a price of AU $99.95.
AUSTRALIA: Rockstar responds to GTA IV cuts
Rockstar Games has responded to the need to cut content in the Australian version of GTA IV.
AUSTRALIA: Cuts made to GTAIV
Rockstar’s GTAIV may have survived its BBFC classification unscathed in this country, but the upcoming game has been cut prior to its release in Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
AUSTRALIA: R rating in discussion
The Australian Government says it is considering introducing an R rating for video games, which would allow the sale of more explicit titles in the country, according to ABC news.
DS hits 1m in Australia
Nintendo DS has sold one million units in Australia after just 153 weeks on the market.
AUSSIE CHARTS: Bioshock scoops yet another number one
Bioshock tops the charts down under once again this week, successfully fighting off a strong challenge from new entry The Sims 2: Bon Voyage, which debuts at two.
PS3 Starter Pack axed in Australia
SCEE has announced that the PS3 Starter Pack offer will be terminated in Australia by the end of the month, despite only launching four days ago on August 2nd.The ...
