After years of anonymity, gaming's most famous but least recognisable voice has broken cover to chat PEGI 18, AI acting, and his €200 paycheque

After years of anonymity, gaming’s most famous but least recognisable voice has broken cover to chat PEGI 18, AI acting, and his €200 paycheque

If you’ve ever watched a game trailer in Europe, you’ve almost certainly heard Richard Wells’ voice. He is, in his own words, “the guy who says ‘PEGI 18’ on all of your video games,” which is to say he’s the smooth baritone that lets you know a game’s age rating right before its trailer plays;…

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M2’s ‘Toaplan Arcade Garage: Flying Fire Shark’ Is Finally Heading To The West Later This Year

“Arcade classics Flying Shark and Fire Shark together at last!”. The M2 Shot Triggers collection Toaplan Arcade Garage: Flying Fire Shark is coming to the West later this year on PS4 & Nintendo Switch, its publisher, Clear River Games, has announced. The collection brings together various versions of Toaplan’s classic arcade shoot ’em ups —…

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UK government says it won’t change the rules on publishers taking videogames offline after selling them: ‘We have no plans to amend existing consumer law on digital obsolescence’

The UK government has again responded to a petition demanding it change the law to prevent developers and publishers from taking games that have already been sold offline, reiterating its position of no, it won’t do that. Less than a year ago, the UK government responded to a petition by the Stop Killing Games campaign,…

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MAME Set To Introduce Changes To Its System Requirements & “The Frequency Of Releases”

Moving forward, “there will no longer be a release nearly every month”. The developers of the popular multi-purpose emulation framework, MAME, have today announced incoming changes to its system requirements and “the frequency of releases.” The news was shared in a blog published on the emulation framework’s official website earlier today, which revealed that Windows…

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