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So, as we all know by know,Australia bannedLeft 4 Dead 2because the OFLC rating board is tied to archaic and outdated regulations. Australian fans will be pleased to know thatL4D2has now been approved for the country, but that a number of heavy edits have been made to achieve the MA15+ rating that all games need. “The game no longer contains depictions of decapitation, dismemberment, wound detail or piles ofdeadbodies lying about the environment,” reportsNews....

Left 4 Deadis on the wishlist of many gamers, as the long-delayed zombie blaster lurches ever closer to its launch date. If you’re desperate to get slaughtering the undead hordes early, you’ll be pleased to know that not only is aLeft 4 Deaddemo on the way, you can get early access with your pre-order. Confirmed for both the Xbox 360 and PC versions, the demo will provide both co-op and single player modes....

Life with PlayStation, Sony’s new online information service, was scheduled for release in August after its original launch month of July was pushed back. For those who haven’t noticed, it is now September 2, so you could reasonably assume that the service is, once again, delayed. You’dbe right to assume it, too. “We’re still pushing some paperwork onLife with PlayStation— so hold tight just a bit longer,” pleadedSCEA senior development manager R&D, Noam Rimon....

Following thehilarious newsthatLimbo of the Lost, as well as being crap, was nothing but a collage of artistic theft, I have decided to name todayLimbo of the LostDay, a celebration of point-and-click plagiarism. If you’ve been following the Internet madness surrounding the story, you have probably seen these already, but as part ofLimbo of the LostDay, I am posting some triumphant game trailers in the name of posterity. Is this an elaborate practical joke?...

Sony and Guerrilla Games have launched a new site forKillzone 3that appears to confirm the existence of a public beta. Right now, the beta site is just a login screen with no fresh information beyond it, but it does seem to be a rather clear indicator that lucky gamers will get to try the game out for an extended period of time before it launches. With Sony being in Cologne next week, it would appear that the stage is being set for an upcoming official announcement....

Charles Martinet is known and beloved to gamers as the vaguely creepy old man who can make himself sound like a high-pitched Italian plumber, but if he’d have had his way, the voiceover artist would’ve also become the vocal chords behindThe Legend of Zelda‘s green-suited hero as well. “I spoke to Mr. Miyamoto and said, ‘I wanna be Link, I wanna be Link,’ and Miyamoto told me that Link isn’t going to have a voice; he is going to stay the way he is,”confesses Martinet....

No surprises here, but Maroon 5’s Adam Levine has confirmed that he’ll be appearing as a character in Activision’s upcomingBand Hero. In an interview withFemaleFirst(our favorite UK-based girls publication!), Levine talks about being in what the magazine calls a “foxy new computer game.” The silly suit he’s talking about is a mo-cap suit, which he calls the “nerdiest outfit of all time.” Nerd.

The Cerberus Network, theMass Effect 2‘s dedicated DLC pipeline, may have confused some. Would this be the only way to get ME2 DLC? Would this DLC be free? Could you pay for DLC outside of this in-game portal? Joystiq managed to clear some of this up through an interview with BioWare’s Dr. Greg Zeschuk. It turns out that seperate pay DLC will be coming later. “It’s not going to be all free DLC forMass Effect 2— far from that....

Say, that Sackboy crown looks pretty cool. If you think so too, you might be interested to know that Media Molecule is currently running a contest in which you could win said cranial ornament if you should be deemed its victor. All you have to do is decorate yourLittleBigPlanetpod in awesome fashion, and deck out your Sackboy to match. You’ve got until July 28th to enter, and can head over tothis post on their forumfor the official rules and further info....

In one example, to advertise the movie TRANSFORMERS, an advertiser may provide the robot BUMBLEBEE, which is a popular character in the movie, as the advertiser-generated avatar. The BUMBLEBEE avatar may include functionality to “transform” between the robot and the CHEVROLET CAMARO depicted in the movie. In another example, to advertise the cereal TRIX, an advertiser may provide the TRIX RABBIT as the advertiser-generated avatar. The TRIX RABBIT avatar may include functionality to say the popular catchphrase “SILLY RABBIT, TRIX ARE FOR KIDS....

We have newMarvel Ultimate Alliance 2goodies to share with you this evening. A bit of stuff on Ms Marvel was sent over this afternoon, including a teaser trailer centered around the character and some screenshots. She looks kinda like she should be running an S&M dungeon somewhere, which kinda makes me want to call her “Mistress” Marvel. You can check out that teaser after the jump along with another surprise. In addition to the Ms....

This is a bit of a stretch, but Mistwalker is such a quiet studio that we’ll take whatever bones we’re thrown. The Internet, hungry for any new information from the Japanese RPG developer, hasdescended uponthis photograph of a Mistwalker artist known only as Watanabe. He was photographed at his desk working on what appears to be a new project. Check it out, grassy fields and an unfinished render of what looks like a little girl....

For anyone interested, MMOABC.com has posted a massivescreenshot gallerycomparing dozens of Western MMORPGs to dozens of Eastern-developed MMORPG. Unfortunately, there’s nothing more than just a bunch of pretty pictures, which isn’t necessarily abadthing, but these guys are probably too busy grinding XP on twelve different accounts simultaneously to come up with like, words… and stuff. Perhaps they would benefit fromThe Wandering Goblin’s Guideto Power-leveling From 60 to 65 in Just Seven Months!...