The Sims 2: Pets Specifications

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  Silent Hill: Homecoming banned in Australia

  Latest Silent Hill horror game refused classification down under; local distributor will wait until early 2009 for a possible resubmission.

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  Oi!: Foxtel hearts World of Warcraft fans

  Foxtel has announced it's broadcasting both days of this year's BlizzCon 2008 on its pay-per-view channel Main Event.

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  Rugby League 2: World Cup Edition announced

  With the next World Cup just around the corner, get set for Rugby League 2: World Cup Edition, which willl be available for the PlayStation 2 in November.

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  Report: Nintendo to make $1.6 million profit per employee

  It's no secret that Nintendo has experienced incredible success since the launch of the Nintendo DS and the Wii. However, a report from the Financial Times this week is attempting to put that success in proper perspective. According to the article, Nintendo is on track to earn US$1.6 million (AU$1.98 million) in profit this year — for each of its workers.

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  Sony launches Life with PlayStation

  This generation of gaming consoles has seen a wealth of innovations become standard features for systems, from downloadable demos to wireless controllers. One such addition that was perhaps not as fervently called for by gamers is that of live global news and weather updates, but Nintendo updated the Wii shortly after launch with the News Channel and Weather Channel, and now Sony is adding similar features to the PlayStation 3.

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  EA execs on Aussie Rock Band delays

  The Aussie Rock Band saga is pretty well known by now to gamers down under, with our country still waiting on the official release of MTV/Harmonix's four-piece rhythm game almost a year after its US sale date. The situation was made even more farcical last weekend, with the game's sequel — Rock Band 2 — released in the US.

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  Hands-on with the Guitar Hero World Tour instruments

  Activision popped by this morning to show us Guitar Hero: World Tour, and without going into too much detail, we can say it's looking pretty damn good.

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  Spore

  Spore merges multiple run-of-the-mill building blocks into a big, entertaining game.

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  Guitar Hero World Tour dated down under

  Four-piece Guitar Hero game to ship on 12 November in Australia; four new tracks announced, including one from Aussies The Living End.

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  US$1 million Fury tournament launched

  Upcoming MMO Fury seeks 600,000 worldwide players to share in a million dollars' worth of pre-launch tournament prizes. An Australian server is on the cards too.

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  Fury: MMORPG without the boring bits?

  Brisbane-based game developer Auran is about to launch Fury, a new MMORPG PC game that has its sights on taking on widely popular established titles such as World of Warcraft, Guild Wars and Unreal Tournament.

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  Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back banned in Australia

  Activision FPS refused classification down under for "high impact" violence.

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  Best PC games

  That humble spreadsheet device in the corner of the office may have taken a backseat to console games of late, but there's still plenty of great games to play on the PC. Browse through our list for ten of the top games to while away the hours instead of playing Solitaire again.

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  Duke Nukem Forever resurfaces

  3D Realms releases screenshots of the decade-in-development shooter, and a new teaser trailer is now available.

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  Scrabble manufacturer targets 'Scrabulous' online game

  Hasbro, manufacturer of the timeless board game Scrabble, is trying to shut down Scrabulous, an unauthorsed electronic version of Scrabble that has gained a rabid following on Facebook.

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  Nvidia to make all your PC games 3D (if you so choose)

  Thanks to a new software driver Nvidia is cooking up, any PC game can be played in 3D, with no extra work on the part of game developers.

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  Wii Fit hacked to work with WoW

  With Wii Fit's popularity making the game near-impossible to find and World of Warcraft's subscriber base nearing 11 million, it was just a matter of time before the two collided in some form.

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  Call of Duty 4 answered 10 million times

  Infinity Ward's multiplatform modern military shooter makes latest milestone; studio head explains decision not to develop a Wii version.