NanoBITES captures those small but important morsels of gaming information that otherwise might slip between the cracks.

ITEM! Following last week’s revelation that Mortal Kombat has been refused classification, Warner Bros has announced plans to appeal the Australian Classification Board’s decision. According to the publisher, “the violence in the game is on par with numerous other titles readily available for sale in the Australian market.”

ITEM! EA has established a new studio focused on the development of strategy titles. Victory Games is already at hard at work on its inaugural project, a new PC instalment in the long running Command & Conquer series.

ITEM! Bungie may have moved on to a mysterious new project, but Age of Booty developer Certain Affinity has stepped in to ensure Halo: Reach fans don’t miss out on their DLC. The Defiant Map Pack is due in the third week of March.

ITEM! Just weeks after suspending work on Kings and Castles, Gas Powered Games has confirmed that it is working on Age of Empires Online for Microsoft. Meanwhile, Robot Entertainment (the original developer of Age of Empires Online) has moved on to a new project known as Orcs Must Die!

ITEM! EA has elected to cancel My Garden, according to a report published on Joystiq. Announced in September 2010 at the Tokyo Game Show, this colourful gardening sim was among the very few original IPs on the 3DS release schedule.

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