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Cabinet approves R18+ rating for Australia - Page 2
Posted Dec 5, 2010 at 12:04PM EST by Glenn M.

 Listed in: PSP, Wii, PS3, MMORPG, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: Australia, OFLC
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According to the members of the cabinet, the R18+ rating was created for content that their existing MA15+ does not accomodate. Apparently, three more years of life will make teens better equipped to deal with seeing blood and gore in video games.

 

Without the R18+ rating, the OFLC will have to refuse ratings for content that they deem beyond MA15+. A lot of other titles, like Silent Hill: Homecoming, Fallout 3, and Valve's Left 4 Dead 2, had to be mellowed down to make it into the country.

 

 

 

 

 

News.com.au [via Joystiq]

 


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# RE: Cabinet approves R18+ rating for Australia — Glenn M. 2010-12-05 13:35
it's been way too long. this has to happen for australia

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# . — triac 2010-12-05 14:58
Why is such a short news spread over 2 pages?

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# RE: . — d@rk51d3 2010-12-05 16:11
It might be short, but it's still big. :)

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# RE: . — iluvfuz 2010-12-05 22:29
Indeed. Next thing we'll see are the words "Modern Warfare 3 announced" split into 4 pages.

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-2 # Civil Rights — KillMePlenty 2010-12-05 19:19
I find it deplorable that Australians allow their government to continue to censor their games/media unchallenged. They are destroying the creativity of the game creators and costing the freedom of speech for people as a whole. Shame on the Australian government for legalizing censorship, and for all their citizens who are fed up, take the time to rise up and voice your opinion.

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-1 # RE: Civil Rights — Booki 2010-12-06 01:06
Are your kidding me. We've been fighting for this to happen for a number of years now. We've had numerous petitions, the latest being one from EBGames (what you call gamestop). We have R18+ for movies, we should should have R18+ games as well. It is true that some of the games are censored, although most make it through the OFLC untouched and slapped with an MA15+ tag.

- Booki

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# Congrats Australia — nastymidnighter 2010-12-06 04:36
Good on ya! If it all pans out, come join us for a brutal, ultra violent frag fest.

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