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Read More »EA agrees to amend Origin refunds policy in Australia
Customers of Origin in Australia could soon have similar refund rights as those in the EU. Kotaku reports that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has told the publisher that its current refunds policy is at odds with consumer law. And EA has relented, agreeing to amend its policies. Businesses …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: Australia
Australia has long been notorious for the costly price of games. A report from the government House of Representatives Infrastructure and Communications Committee found that of 20 recent titles, only one was priced close to its American counterpart, with the rest costing anywhere between 40 and 90 per cent more. …
Read More »Perth developer Gnomic Studios discusses launching on Steam
Aranda Morrison talks to us about launching a multiplayer game out of Perth, Australia
Read More »Watch Dogs outsold GTA V and Destiny in Australia last year
The Interactive Games & Entertainment Association has revealed that Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was the best selling game in Australia last year. What’s more surprising, however, is the game that came second – Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs. In doing so it beat heavy-hitters such as EA’s FIFA 15 (3rd), Rockstar’s …
Read More »New Develop Pacific editor named as Harris departs
Joab Gilroy will now bring the latest developments from Australia and New Zealand
Read More »Hotline Miami 2 dev tells Australian fans to pirate the game
The co-creator of Hotline Miami 2 has told Australian fans to bypass their country’s banning of the game by pirating it. If it ends up not being released in Australia, just pirate it after release,” Jonatan Sderstrmm told a fan in an email subsequently published on Reddit. No need to …
Read More »Hotline Miami 2 banned in Australia, but Devolver questions board claims
The Australian Classification Board has refused to classify Hotline Miami 2, effectively banning the game from the country. Kotaku reports that the board’s report cites the inclusion of violent sexual imagery that it believed alluded to rape – which, incidentally, has previously caused controversy, with developer Dennation having hinted at …
Read More »Take-Two: Removing GTA V from stores ‘flies in the face of everything that free society is based on’
Publisher Take-Two has slammed Target and Kmart’s decision to pull GTA V from its shelves. The two Australian retailers took the game off its shelves last week due to consumer pressure regarding the game’s content. "It’s one thing for someone to not want to buy a piece of content, which …
Read More »Freeplay goes in a new direction with Parallels
As part of the newly fragmented schedule for the Freeplay Festival this year, nine Aussie-made games were showcased back-to-back by the developers themselves in Melbourne last Saturday.
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