Following yesterday's refusal of classification for Syndicate...

The highly anticipated Syndicate reboot has been refused classification in Australia. While no official statement has been made by developer Starbreeze, the result has emerged on the Australian Classification Database, stamped with "RC" today, "Refused Classification", effectively being banned in the country.

We'll keep you updated on this story as news arrives.

Update: Kotaku has gotten their hands on the Classification Board's official report, which gives us an idea of...

In this latest Syndicate trailer the skill-embedded DART6 chip gets a demonstration, allowing the agent to perceive environmental information in real-time, as well as breach other user's chips and chip-based systems via a series of different Applications. "Master the combination of Syndicate's futuristic arsenal and chip-based gameplay to dominate the market." Fun times are sure to be had on February 24, 2012.

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If Syndicate will do nothing else right, at least it has its soundtrack nailed thanks to Skrillex and Digitalism. Thankfully it does a whole lot more right and it's beginning to look like more fun than I can handle. This new trailer features a 4 player co-op game mode titled Hostile Takeover; "cooperate, infiltrate and eliminate through nine action-packed missions."

Hopefully we'll see competitive 4v4 co-op in the next reveal? Fingers crossed.

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Everyone seemed pretty impressed with Syndicate's debut trailer, mainly because it was all kinds of awesome! Now there's more to look at, 11 minutes to look at in fact. This new gameplay trailer walks us through an early level of the single player campaign and is narrated by Syndicate executive producer, Jeff Gamon. Also embedded below is a neat two minute trailer looking at the history of Syndicate for those of you who don't remember it, or maybe even weren't born when it was released. Enjoy! ...

Some important new details on the Syndicate reboot have been revealed by Starbreeze, including the release date of February 24, 2012 - three days after North America. It will see a release on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. There's also a debut trailer featuring a Syndicate remix from dubstep producer Skrillex (download it here). It's embedded for you below. "In the not too distant future, the world is divided into regions controlled by mega-corporations known as Syndicates. In this future...

Development studio of the just-announced Syndicate reboot, Starbreeze, says "it was always going to be an FPS." Game director Neil McEwan told OXM the re-imagining of the world was inspired by what the the 1993 classic would look like in first-person; "the original nub of the idea was to take that viewpoint from the original game and zoom into the Agent's head, and play that part. A closer experience - to become one of those Agents." "We're big fans of the original Syndicate, and we're definitely ...