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No longer refused classification Last week, the upcoming horror gameOutlast 2wasrefused classificationin Australia, meaning it was barred from sale in the country — even to legal adults. But as of now, the Australian Classification Board has gone back on its decision and settled on anR18+ ratingfor the title. Even more surprising: developer Red Barrels didn’t need to alterOutlast 2to achieve this classification. As it now stands, the June 12, 2025 release is back on for Australia....

Meowth, that’s right Team Rocket might have hosted repetitive storylines in the originalPokemonanime, but they added aLooney Tuneselement to the show that elevated it: plus, the 4Kids English voice team of Jessie, James, and Meowth (Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Maddie Blaustein) was some of the show’s finest work. Their colorful presence might be part ofPokemon Gopretty soon,according to dataminer Chrales. As Chrales points out, a new “Team Rocket Invasion” event is slated to enter the scene, with new badges, “shadow” and “purified” mechanics, and encouragement dialogue from your team leaders (the teams you picked a few years ago and probably forgot about)....

As gaming further and further ingrains itself as another trademark of ironic hipster culture, we will see more and more bands, especially of the Indie persuasion, adopting gaming motifs as themes for their art. Hence, the above video courtesy of Britain’sThe Go! Team. While their abilities in the realm of punctuation are somewhat lacking, their talents at combining gaming (even neo-deconstructionist gaming) with the very indiest of Indie Rock in a hilarious music video win them points with even the most jaded hipsters....

Minor tweaks The Wii U’s Miiverse is making minor updates all the time, and this week, it’s getting a few more tweaks. Firstly, you may now follow or unfollow users directly, rather than opening up their profile in a two-step process. Null screenshots will also now show up as an “X” rather than a blank section. Lastly, you can now press a high quality icon to play high-res videos on the Wii U if at all possible....

Did you know that Sega developed exactly one game on the PS1? Interested? Well there’s a fan translation now available. The game isMini-Moni: Shakatto Tamourine Da Pyon, and… wait, where are you going? Listen, this is very good news if you already have thePS1 tambourine controller, but felt that the official game for it was too difficult to understand in its native Japanese. I’m not saying this is a likely scenario, but in the off chance that you fall into this category, then this is the moment you’ve been waiting for....

I’m sure a straight pride theme is right around the corner It’s June 1 and all across Twitter, corporations are shoehorning the rainbow flag into their company logos in celebration of Pride. This month-long parade of everything fabulous and fierce is the one time a year when gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgenders, and all the other letters of the alphabet soup that is the LGBTTQQIAAP community stop body shaming each other and instead express love and pride without fear — so long as they do it in a major metropolitan area that’s cool with the gays....

Bonelss or not, these Chickens will hunt you down! Humans Must Answeris an indie shmup where you control a ship piloted by sentient chickens in the far-flung future. Ok, so you’ve got me hooked with the concept at least. The guys behind this craziness are Sumon Games, who were former GSC Game World staff. This is their debut game and despite being almost finished, they’re looking for £5,000 for extra polishing time....

Your murder machine of choice I’ve been playing the hell out ofTitanfall 2since release trying to get my thoughts together for my review. In my time with the game I’ve been experimenting with different kits, game modes, and abilities to get the feel for what the game has to offer. But, one thing that didn’t take me long to figure out was my favorite mech. I want to be buried in my Ion....

GameStop are insisting that fans of theGears of Warfranchise drop everything at a moment’s notice! Kicking off the “Go Commando” sweepstakes as of today, GameStop are exclusively giving away more than 3,600 “commando-worthy” prizes through October 3. To enter the “Go Commando” sweepstakes, fans can pre-orderGears of War 3at any local GameStop oronlineand use their receipt/online order information to enter. The code can be entered once a day on the“Go Commando” websitefor a chance to win....

Holy publisher of Forbidden Treasure bring us another unclaimed gem XSEED, fast establishing itself as the leading champion for games nobody else wants to publish, has confirmed that it’ll be bringingKiller is Deadto the West this Summer. The latest Grasshopper Manufacture titlelooks gorgeousand could potentially be incredible. Can’t wait to see it hit our shores! While XSEED is publishing in North America, the European release has been taken on by Deep Silver, known mostly for theDead Islandseries (andSaints Row, soon)....

I refuse to call him by his other name Oh yeah, we just found your new wallpaperthanks to Ian Wilding. Dr. Robotnik looks quite menacing here, if not a little annoyed thanks to Sonic the Hedgehog. What’s that? You don’t see Sonic? Look closer. Closer! Ian’s art has made the rounds before,most famouslyfor hisSuper Metroidmovie poster design. And hey, we also sell some of his designs on shirts over at our store!...

An important piece of gaming from the 2010’s is disappearing from digital shelves. 2K and Yager Studios’Spec Ops: The Linehas officially been delisted from all digital marketplaces. Why? Expiring partnership licenses, it seems. In a statement received by different media outlets likeIGNandInverse, 2K spoke on the matter, saying: “Spec Ops: The Linewill no longer be available on online storefronts, as several partnership licenses related to the game are expiring. Players who have purchased the game can still download and play the game uninterrupted....

Some indie news to end the year is on the way. Nintendo has announced a new Indie World Showcase will air tomorrow, November 14. The Indie World Showcase is set to spotlight around 20 minutes of information on both new and known games coming to the Nintendo Switch. It will air at 9 a.m. PT / noon ET on Nintendo’s channels. You canfollow it hereas well. A new@IndieWorldNAShowcase is airing tomorrow, Nov....