For GameSpot AU's previous coverage on the R18+ issue, click here! If you're an Australian and you're a gamer, then you're probably already aware that game classification in this country has some ...

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 ...

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 ...

There is still some thrashing out to be had, but the Australian video games industry is welcoming an in-principle agreement for the introduction of a long-awaited R18+ classification for interactive ...

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 ...

Following several delays, the Australian Federal Government has set a deadline for the state attorney generals to decide on the possible introduction of an R18+ ratings category for video games.

State of Decay's delayed Australian release has the greenlight thanks to an R18+ classification. The new classification was awarded yesterday and appears to have earned Australia's highest content ...

South Australian Attorney-General John Rau today delivered some welcoming news for Australian gamers, pledging his support for the Australian Federal Government’s national push to introduce an R18+ ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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