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All M rated games could soon be legal in the land down under.

After years of waiting, Australia will soon be able to introduce a rating higher than the current cap of MA15+.  Previously, the lack of a higher rating caused several titles rated M in the US, to be heavily censored or outright banned in that country.  The list of banned titles includes the soon to be released Syndicate, as well as previously released titles such as Mortal Kombat, Left 4 Dead 2, Silent Hill: Homecoming, and Fallout 3.

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The first dual stick FPS on a handheld will be released soon.

Today, Sony held a Vita Livestream in celebration of the First Edition Vita bundles being released this week. During the stream, Sony unveiled the released date for Resistance: Burning Skies on the PlayStation Vita.

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Warcraft developer issues a notice of opposition to Valve's mod based game.

The acronym DOTA may not mean a whole lot to some people, but it apparently means a lot to Blizzard.  Short for Defense of the Ancients, DOTA began its life as a popular mod for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and the expansion The Frozen Throne.  Valve, a company that is decidedly not Blizzard, took notice of the mod’s popularity and began development of a sequel, aptly titled DOTA 2. 

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