While it's not uncommon for Apple to ban certain content from the App Store, it has banned the latest instalment in the popular SAGA comic series for its inclusion of images depicting gay sex. More...
The 5 Point Cafe diner and dive bar in Seattle has announced it has banned the use of the Google Glass device in its establishment, saying, " ... a** kickings will be encouraged for violators." More...
Blizzard has announced that the company has now banned "several thousand Diablo III players" that Blizzard said violated the terms of its Battle.net service by using bot programs or by cheating. More...
In a triumph of stupidity, short-sightedness and political self-interest, the Government of Belarus has made it a crime for its citizens to access, visit or even attempt to use any foreign websites. More...
Brazilian officials have wielded the ban hammer and banned venerable online games EverQuest and Counter-Strike in the country. It was claimed that both games incited violence and were "harmful to consumers' health", according to a... More...
Rockstar Games' controversial Manhunt 2 game has been rejected for a second time by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), despite revisions made after a ban in June. Rockstar had launched an appeal to... More...
The US publishers of a video game banned in the UK and Ireland have described it as a "fine piece of art". Take Two chairman Strauss Zelnick said Manhunt 2 had his full support and... More...
A TV advertisement for the Xbox 360 has been banned in the UK because it promotes and glamorises dangerous driving. The ad featured a rooftop and street car chase ending with the protagonists congratulating each... More...
The World of Warcraft guild Overrated has been permanently banned by Blizzard Entertainment after it was caught cheating in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Guild members used an exploit that essentially knocked down walls,... More...
A leading anti-bullying charity is calling for a computer game called Bully to be banned in the UK following the release of a screenshot in which one youth kicks another. The game is due to... More...
Dell Computers has been banned from showing a television advert that misleads customers over the price of one of its PC systems. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) found that the ad breached Committee of Advertising... More...
Latest Grand Theft auto joins Rockstar siblings Manhunt and GTA III on the censor-board blacklist of the antipodean nation. In the wake of the "Hot Coffee" scandal, debate is raging in the... More...
Technology publisher John Wiley & Sons said Tuesday that Apple Computer Inc. had removed all of its books from Apple store shelves ahead of the publication of a biography of Apple CEO entitled "iCon Steve... More...
Blizzard continues to uphold its aggressive policy on exploits. Blizzard Entertainment has permanently banned more than one thousand users from its massively multiplayer World of Warcraft title after an investigation into "gold... More...
The Pan European Games Information (PEGI) age rating system has given Half Life 2 an R(18+) rating.This means that minors are unable to purchase the game in numerous countries like Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,... More...
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Lauda the game has been blocked in Australia. Australian news agencies stated last week that the Office of Films and Literature Classification, goverment that rates video games banned the title.... More...
China has banned a Swedish-made computer game for "distorting history and damaging China's sovereignty and territorial integrity," the Ministry of Culture (MOC) said Friday. The PC game, "Hearts of Iron", was accused of... More...
In accordance with German law, www.farcry.de and its forums have been pulled down following Far Cry's ban (US/UK version) in Germany. They will remain shut until the German version of Far Cry is released, which... More...
China has banned the sale of a computer game on the grounds it discredits the national image. State news agency Xinhua said the game was accused of intentionally blackening China and the Chinese army's image.... More...
Adverts for the latest gadget from a mobile phone manufacturer were today banned after complaints they were "offensive and distressing" and condoned violence. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received 12 complaints about posters,... More...
Missed your chance to get software--now deemed illegal--that will copy DVDs? Just check your in-box. It's been just a few days since St. Louis start-up 321 Studios reluctantly complied with a court's... More...
THE INDEPENDENT TELEVISION Commission decided that the advertising was misleading "because the main claim was based on the results of limited tests" in which, it said the specification of the computers used was configured to... More...
Already banned in Britain (I've seen it on TV here in the US, not sure if it will be banned here.... Ed!), a controversial ad for the Xbox could land Microsoft in a French... More...