The Nintendo Wii U will be region-locked, the House of Mario says, making it impossible to play rare imported games here in the UK. Just like its predecessor the Wii, and its handheld relative the 3DS ...

Nintendo's policy of region-locking its systems nearly robbed North American Wii owners of the chance to play Xenoblade Chronicles and The Last Story - two of the system's very best games. Thankfully, ...

Anthony Taormina is an original member of the Game Rant team, having been part of the publication for 15 years. He coordinates content for all facets of the site and manages its social media, PR, and ...

Looks like the practice of region locking is alive and well at Microsoft, as games for its newly announced console have been confirmed to only run on machines from the same territory. It’s worth ...

There's something genuinely surreal about sitting down to write an article about region locking in 2015. It feels archaic and almost nostalgic; I might as well be writing something about blowing into ...

Valve found itself in the crosshairs of European regulators today. The European Commission sent a notice to the owner and operator of the Steam game-distribution platform as well as five other game ...