Posts Tagged ‘esrb’
Final Fantasy VII coming to PSP, PS3
A new listing from the ESRB website reveals the arrival of Final Fantasy VII on both the PSP and PS3 systems. The game hit Japanese and Chinese PS3s earlier this year, and those versions were simply the same game we got for the PSOne back in 1997. So in case you’re hoping for a remake, this might not be your day.
No word on when the game will actually be released.
via GamingTarget
ESRB leaked upcoming PSOne Classics, Metal Gear Solid included
Gamers from the original Playstation era will be happy to hear that the ESRB has recently leaked the names of some titles set to hit the PSN PSOne Classics store.
Those 5 titles are:
Metal Gear Solid
Resident Evil: Director’s Cut
Spec Ops: Covert Assault
Spec Ops: Ranger Elite
Tom Clancy’s Rainbox Six
Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil? Wow Sony, are you actually listening to the cries of gamers everywhere? Great job, now let’s just see that PS3 Slim hit shelves with a lowered price and maybe we’ll be onto something.
Read (Destructoid)
Thompson Gets Huffy Over Veto
Did you think that the veto of gaming nemesis Jack Thompson’s pet bill would go unresponded to? Though in a sense I despise the man and his woefully ignorant and ideologically flawed purpose, I have to admit a certain fondness for the ex-lawyer, because he always makes for interesting stories.
Thompson has written a letter to Utah governor Jon Huntsman and as usual his prose shows the complete disrespect and harsh invective characteristic of someone who operates with the same emotional maturity as a child convinced that everyone is out to get him.
One of the very first things he does is insult the governor by chastising him for not giving Rep. Mike Morley a chance to alleviate his concerns before vetoing the bill. He follows this up with a shot accusing the governor of “not wanting to be confused by the facts” and immediately shows his own confusion by stating that neither the film or game industries can stop using the ratings system. A quick glance at the ESRB’s webpage informs me that the ratings system is entirely voluntary, although many retailers and console makers will only affiliate themselves with games that have been rated.
Finally Thompson attempts to punch up his arguments by including a bit of wisdom from a revolutionary-era writer before asserting that the massacre in Germany and similar incidents are directly caused by video games, instead of easy access to firearms for mentally unstable individuals.
(Thanks to GamePolitics for providing the full letter)
ESRB Reveals Watchmen Episode 2, Porn Setting
With the first episode out and reviewed, word comes from ESRB that the second episode of the Watchmen tie-in The End is Nigh will simply include more of the same.
The site’s description points out that players will once again step in the shoes of Nite Owl and Rorscharch, taking on bad guys and fighting crime. This time around, they will track down a villain “who has molested an actress appearing in a pornography film.”
There will be a strip club where players will take part in ogling go-go dancers in cages, peep-show booths and a pornographic film playing in the background. ESRB dutifully notes that “although moaning and suggestive dialogue (e.g., "Ohhh, it’s so big!") can be heard echoing from the film, no nudity or sexual acts are depicted."