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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. In Australia the R18+ rating for games issue has never been so hotly debated as it is now, thanks to the release of a federal government questionnaire ...

The legislation to introduce the R18+ Classification for video games has passed through the Australian Senate securing a sensible homogenisation of rating systems across entertainment in Australia.

While Government bodies are allowing R18+ rated content on mobile phones, nothing has been done to remedy the situation with games, where a "maximum" rating of MA15+ applies. Hi, I look after product ...

Without too much fanfare, the Australian Attorney-General's Department has released the discussion paper and submission guidelines for feedback on the issue of having an R18+ Classification to bring ...

Update: IGN has received a copy of the Australian Classification Board report, detailing the reason Outlast II was refused classification yesterday. Please note, the description below contains ...

GDAA president and Tantalus CEO Tom Crago has written an opinion piece heavily criticising the ratings system in Australia for its lack of an 18-rating - something which he believes results in ...

The Australian federal government will introduce an R18+ classification for video games, Gamespot AU reports. The country's ministers gathered at the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG) ...

Retailer EB Games has launched a petition in Australia to try and help the fight to legalise an R18 classification in the country. As of yesterday, anybody could either pop into a EB store or visit ...

In the last three months, the Australian Classification Board has “refused classification” for at least four video games – effectively banning them in Australia. The latest is zombie-survival shooter ...

Australian Federal Minister for Home Affairs Brendan O'Connor's wants to introduce R18+ for games by mid-2011, and according to Gamespot Australia, wants state and territory attorney generals to ...