Oh my, what have we done. We discovered Atlus was publishing My World, My Way (aka Sekai wa Atashi de Mawatteru), Steal Princess, and The Dark Spire before they got a chance to announce any of these. They still haven’t announced the latter two which has led to speculation about what The Dark Spire [...]

Rockstar has been getting a lot of attention today because the ESRB slapped Manhunt 2 with the scarlet letter(s) of the video game world, an AO rating. Retailers like Walmart and Gamestop do not sell games rated AO, which would severely cut Manhunt 2’s sales. Rockstar still has the opportunity to challenge the rating [...]

 
Even though I’ve already beat Prince of Persia: the Two Thrones, I’m psyched to see how Prince of Persia: Rival Swords is going to play. The control set up looks pretty good where the nunchuck controls the daggertail the dark Prince uses and the remote is used for balancing on beams. While “Rival Swords” is [...]

When Nintendo released the Gamecube they were criticized for not having enough “mature” games and for being too child oriented. Rated “M” games like Grand Theft Auto III, Halo, and Hitman 2 have sold over a million copies and two of those games on the list were system sellers. Clearly the gaming audience has “grown [...]

While the ESRB has had its fair share of controversy, a survey study by the Harrison Group and Activision suggest that the ratings are having an effect. Eighty-four percent of parents were “very familiar” with the ESRB rating system and seventy-nine percent said they pay close attention to the ESRB ratings. Over half of the [...]