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Happy Halloween: Five Scary Games to Play

Hardcore Gamer: Have you outgrown trick-or-treating? Have the neighbors found out about that special court-order you received a few towns over? Have your kids become ashamed of being seen with you in public? Whatever problems Halloween is dishing, video games can solve them. Put up those sex-night blackout curtains, post a "get off my property" sign on your door to keep away those pesky costumed children, and start reliving those nightmares that kept you from sleeping without your nightlight on well into your teens.

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Netflix's BioShock Film Still In Development But With A Reduced Budget

Console Creatures writes, "The BioShock film at Netflix is still happening but with a reduced budget."

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just_looken60d ago

Remember there past attempts at game based show's i do heck i still remember that teenage resident evil trash fire.

anast59d ago

ha. I almost forgot about that.

Jin_Sakai62d ago

Might as well just cancel it.

just_looken60d ago

Unless its batwoman were they right it off

porkChop62d ago

It's 10 years too late for a BioShock film. The world of Rapture would have been perfect for a film. It's actually a good candidate for proper utilization of 3D, for increased depth rather than bullshit popping out of the screen. It could really show off the underwater city that way. But BioShock as a brand is so irrelevant these days that a film just doesn't make sense. Especially considering it would need a big budget and top notch effects to really take advantage of the IP.

gold_drake62d ago

i agree on the bigger budget. all the cgi they'd need for the background.

but i think it would work better as a show. a movie would be too short to establish the story

TheNamelessOne62d ago

Netflix greenlights anything, so that shows me very little faith in the project. Enough to just crap something out as they're, more and more, known to do.

badkolo61d ago

its where b movies go to live, its run by democrats , dont expect anything good from netflix

Knightofelemia62d ago (Edited 62d ago )

I'll laugh if it turns out to be better then the Borderlands movie

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BioShock Team Ramps Up Recruitment with 30 Job Offers

2K Cloud Chamber is ramping up recruitment with 30 job offers on its BioShock team. There's still no word on when the game will launch, though.

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Relientk7783d ago

Cool, maybe we will get BioShock 4 after all, eventually...

TheNamelessOne82d ago

Damn it's been a long time since the last game.

TheColbertinator82d ago

Bioshock needs a big time comeback

DefenderOfDoom282d ago

Actually looking forward to playing "Judas" from.Ken Levines development team .

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EA Japan Exec Criticises Japanese Ratings Board

An executive of Electronic Arts Japan has criticised the Japanese video game ratings board for allowing upcoming action game Stellar Blade to be released uncensored while EA's own Dead Space was banned in the country.

CrimsonWing69155d ago

He’s got a point. If a game is M-Rated, which is the equivalent of an R rating, I don’t get why you need to censor anything. The rating is the indicator of the content and the age appropriate. If it’s appropriate for adults… why treat them like children? 🤷‍♂️

Eonjay155d ago (Edited 155d ago )

This is about gore... not about anything sexual. And specifically I think it is about the realistic depiction of gore. Unfortunately I don't know the nuance of the CERO board or how it is relevant their specific culture (as a prohibition on gore may transcend age) so I hesitate to make a statement. Can anyone else provide insight to what kind of gore is considered unacceptable?

CrimsonWing69155d ago (Edited 155d ago )

Yea, I know this is about gore, but thanks for pointing that out.

My point still stands, if a game is essentially rated for a mature audience then why censor for them as if they’re too young to view it? Makes no sense.

To answer your question: Decapitation, dismemberment, like… anything gore. They have been censoring that since CERO was established. Look up RE4 chainsaw decapitation or any MK games that made it there.

Cacabunga155d ago

EA Japan? Wtf never heard of that

ZwVw155d ago

Yet, the Oneechanbara series (y'know, the game with half-naked samurai females slicing up zombies to bloody pieces) get released in Japan uncensored.

The CERO ratings board is an equilibrium.

Smellsforfree154d ago

This confuses me since I've seen so many gory Japanese movies and anime. For example, Battle Royale.

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gold_drake155d ago

definitely has a point.

but .. its japan. are we really surprised?

VersusDMC155d ago

I don't know if the EA executive is going off the one close up of an arm being cut off in the demo. Maybe it's uncensored because it's the arm of a cyborg or it doesn't happen that often (didn’t see EVE dismemberment when killed in the demo) .

In the states there's a certain amount of swear words allowed to a PG13 movie before it is deemed R. So maybe it's the same in Japan for gore?

Eonjay155d ago

Yes I think you may be on to something. The violence is gory but I wouldn't call it gruesome.

Retroman155d ago

Ea Japan please make Knack 3
in the future

Eonjay155d ago (Edited 155d ago )

Does EA Japan actually make games at all? Or are they just a regional publisher?

Retroman154d ago

I'm sorry Japan Studio made Knack