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Nintendo has announced it will be releasing Xenoblade this year on the Wii under the title 'Xenoblade Chronicles'. The release will include both Japanese & English audio, with English, French, Italian, German and Spanish subtitles.

Nintendo Europe have also released a trailer for the game on their website.

Xenoblade is a Role Playing Game developed by Monolith Soft for the Wii. It was released on June 10, 2010 in Japan and has no current confirmed release window for the United States.

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• Nintendo Europe

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• Kotaku (via Phantom Leap)

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• The Chive (full site potentially NSFW)

You may have to hide it from the kids.

Here's how FEZ looked like at PAX East, directly feeded to your eyeballs.

FEZ is a videogame in development by Polytron and co-published by Trapdoor, coming out on Xbox Live Arcade in 2011.

More of the sameThe original Patapon was an enjoyable romp through the tribal lands inhabited by the Patapons, creatures with a miraculously acute gift of rhythm. The followup is more of a continuation than a sequel - it offers more of the same with just about nothing new to offer. Read on

Warning: video probably not safe for work and includes graphic violence.

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• via Kotaku

I certainly believe this is too important to allow one or two jurisdictions to stop the majority of jurisdictions in this country moving on an important reform and that’s why we’re looking at this...I believe we’re becoming the laughing stock of the developed world, where we’re the only country that doesn’t have R18 classification level for video games. We’re the only country that allows tens and tens of games to be used by minors that are only used by adults. I think it’s now time for the Attorneys General of each jurisdiction to come together, reach an agreement in July, so we can move forward with a reformed and improved classification system.

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• via Kotaku

Idiot.

The Australian Classification Board has reviewed its recent decision on Mortal Kombat in which it was determined the game would be Refused Classification. The Classification Review Board met on the 11th of March to conduct a review as requested by publisher Warner Bros Entertainment. The review has not changed the original decision; Mortal Kombat has been Refused Classification¹ which means it cannot be sold, hired, advertised or demonstrated in Australia. Read on

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BlogThe Australian Classification Board determined that 2011's Mortal Kombat was Refused Classification meaning it is now illegal for the title to be sold, hired or advertised in Australia. The Classification Review Board is to meet on the 11th of March to review this decision.¹ Read on

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1. Classification Review Board Media Release ↩

The game includes over 60 fatalities...which contain explicit depictions of dismemberment, decapitation, disembowelment and other brutal forms of slaughter. Despite the exaggerated conceptual nature of the fatalities and their context within a fighting game set in a fantasy realm, impact is heightened by the use of graphics which are realistically rendered and very detailed. In the opinion of the Board, the game contains violence that exceeds strong in impact and is unsuitable for a minor to see or play. The game should therefore be Refused Classification pursuant to item 1(d) of the computer games table of the National Classification Board.

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• via Kotaku

Several Square Enix employees have reportedly parted ways with the Japanese developer after Final Fantasy XIII, among them are some veteran Square personnel including Toshihiro Tsuchida (who directed Front Mission), Takashi Ohkuma (who apparently moved to an island in Okinawa to blog about sunsets), composer Masashi Hamauzu (left to form Monomusik, a new development studio), character art designer Nao Ikeda (who started designing characters for The Legend of Mana), among others.

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• Kotaku: Is Making Final Fantasy A Nightmare?

Are all those ghosts really chasing you or is all in your head?

New screenshots captured of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D from GDC 2011. Link's first 3DS adventure is scheduled to be released this coming June.