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co-optimus.com - 10/22/2009

Rock Band iPhone Released, Priced at $10

— co-optimus.com — The Rock Band iPhone app has been released, and is priced at $10.  That may seem a... bit steep for a iPhone app, but since the game includes twenty songs, that's actually a decent deal for the music alone.  Four player co-op is supported via Bluetooth.  The game is controlled ... (more) Rock Band iPhone Released, Priced at $10

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kotaku.com - 10/24/2009

3GS iPhone Games Get Special Code [Gameloft]

— kotaku.com — Games designed to take advantage of the iPhone 3GS ' more robust chipset are starting to quietly... make their way onto the App store . Released this June, the iPhone 3GS added a magnetic compass, video capture capabilities, more built-in memory and a ... (more) 3GS iPhone Games Get Special Code [Gameloft]

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joystiq.com - 10/23/2009

Australia's OFLC wants to classify iPhone, mobile games

— joystiq.com — Australia's Censorship Classification Board wants to rate games released on iPhone and other mobile devices. iTnews reports... that Donald McDonald ( really? ), director of the OFLC, sent a letter to the "commonwealth censorship minister" ( really, ... (more) Australia's OFLC wants to classify iPhone, mobile games

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Australia wants to rate iPhone games
Destructoid — As it stands, iPhone App games have gone unrated, with developers able to submit their games for Apple's approval and nobody else's. In Australia, where the ratings board has an iron grip on videogame content and doesn't want people to have fun, this obviously will not stand. Australia's rating board has voiced a desire to start deciding what people can and cannot download. Fun times are sure to be ahead. "I recently wrote to the [Commonwealth Censorship] minister regarding my concern that some so-called mobile phone applications, which can be purchased online or either downloaded to mobile phones or played online via mobile phone ...

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Blue's News — Evening Mobilization [Oct 22, 2009, 7:56 pm ET] - Post a Comment Thanks Mike Martinez. Customizing Cars With a PC That’s Not Under the Hood . GenMobile Is Sega Genesis Cart Friendly . iPhone to Drive Mobile Games Market to $11.7 Billion by 2014, says DFC . Amazon hobbles UK Kindle . Thanks Slashdot . Australian Classification Board Wants iPhone Game Ratings . Japan- PSP Slips Further Behind DSi . Share Story Enter the email address of the person you'd like the share this story with, or share it with other sites. From: ...

Australia's OFLC wants to classify iPhone, mobile games
Joystiq — ... minister" (really, really?!) that he's concerned games offered on mobile devices aren't being submitted to the classification board. Let's just try to ignore that the task of classifying all the games released on the App Store would be overwhelming -- but, bless the OFLC for trying. The US's ESRB is also currently trying to get mobile games under its purview, however, the difference is that the ESRB accepts that games can be for adults. [Via Edge] Australia's OFLC wants to classify iPhone, mobile games originally ...

Australia Wants To Rate iPhone Apps, Mobile Phone Games [Where Is Luke]
Kotaku — ... American Entertainment Software Rating Board, which asked Apple to use its classification for iPhone games. The ESA stated it would like the App Store to carry ratings as well. With the iPhone becoming a gaming platform in its own like, competing with the PSP and the DS, ratings only seem fair — to level the playing field. But what's next? Rating flash games? Classification board seeks to censor iPhone apps - Software - Technology - News [iTnews.com.au via EDGE via Joystiq] ...

Classification Board Director Wants to Rate Mobile Apps
GamePolitics News — ... referring only to “mobile applications which are computer games.” Apple currently governs its own content on iTunes, but said that if changes needed to be made, “We do what the Australian Classification people tell us to do.” In rating any mobile content, the Classification Board said it would “apply the National Classification Code, the Classification Act, and the Guidelines for the Classification of Films and Computer.” |Via Edge-Online| Thanks Ryan

Australia May See iPhone Game Ratings
Inside Social Games — ... “ESRB ratings empower parents to do their job,” said organization president Patricia Vance. “Considering the fact that the vast majority of parents are already aware of and regularly using ESRB ratings, Apple’s adoption of them for iPhone games seems like a no-brainer.” ...