South Park is finally arriving on Friday, but not everyone will get to play.

Rockstar's open world menace of a game, GTA V, isn't totally uncensored after all

Here’s your chance to weigh in on the Durban Film Festival controversy that saw the opening night movie banned at the last minute by the Film and Publication Board – on the grounds that Of Good Report depicts “child pornography.” Here is The Movies’ post on the matter. Meanwhile, more recently an actual porn industry-focused film, Look of Love has also been …

Australia's R18 age restriction for games has finally come into force putting an end to our long running joke

Gears of War 3 has made it through the German censorship board unscathed.

Alright local, South African gamer: whenever you feel slightly inclined to moan about our government, spare a thought for countries like Australia and Germany, which are governed by overtly sensitive nannies who feel it their duty to protect the populace from the horrors of videogames. At least our government is too busy worrying about lining their own pockets or gagging …

China, continuing its run of autocratic censorship has now banned – and tears are streaming down my face as I write this – vulgar and explicit material for use in online advertising. Sex and violence – as we know – sell things, but it looks as if they’ll no longer be used to sell online games in China. China’s Ministry …

You may recall a few weeks back we asked for some submissions for my sister, who lectures a Criminology class, and her upcoming videogame debate. The idea behind the debate was to discuss whether or not violent videogames themselves were responsible for violent behaviour and whether we should be censoring them or restricting their sales. The results are in and …