Just the other day, Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman? What Did I do to Deserve This? got dated for North America. Wondering why they didn't say anything for other regions? Not worry, cos NIS America has confirmed that European and PAL gamers will soon get their hands on the game as well.

IGN Australia managed to catch up with God of War III lead designer Todd Papy and the short interview shed some light on the graphical and technical aspects of Kratos and his knack for killing everything that moves. Since the dev team has a lot of PS3 power to work with, Papy has plenty of room to learn, to polish, and to share knowledge with other developers.

We've gotten word that Sega's upcoming Wii FPS, The Conduit, has been re-stamped with a July release date in Europe and Australia. More details after the jump.

Here's a bit of good news for European gamers who don't have the means to buy Pain over the PlayStation Network. The game will be released on Blu-ray next week.

Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC) is going black. EB Games Australia is reportedly offering at their online store the Assassin'sc Creed 2 Exclusive Black Collector's Edition, and is pegging it for a November 2009 ship-out.

Recently, when we hear "banned in Australia" the first thing that comes to mind is violence. The second game to be refused qualification in the region this year, however (Necrovision was the first), wasn't banned because of blood and guts but because of some good old-fashioned nudity.

Australia's getting a mighty fine bundle from Epic Games in the form of a Gears of War bundle. This was announced by Microsoft Australia, even giving out a June 4th release date for participating retail stores.

Two years ago, Atari Europe was fortunately in the safe zone, despite the mother company's grim and disheartening financial report of Q2 2007. Back then, the problem was isolated only to the US offices, and the Atari branch was said to be unharmed by the restructuring overseas. Today, however, Atari Europe is no more, now having been officially acquired by Namco Bandai.

Here's a basket of goodies from the land down under. Sony Computer Entertainment Australia is happy to announce that they will be bringing two of the land's biggest sporting codes exclusively to the PSP. Come July, you will be enjoying AFL Challenge and Rugby League Challenge on your fave handheld.

And here we have another app on the iPhone that is sparking outrage, this time from a very specific group of islanders. Pacific Islanders are reportedly angered by the game Pocket God, which, according to the group, "encourages the torture and killing of characters who resemble them."