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The man who will be filling the shoes of the outgoing South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson is said to be in favour of the introduction of an R18+ age rating for video games in the country – a move that would effectively legalise violent games. Current Attorney-General Michael Atkinson became …

Perhaps fearing that mere M15+ violence will no longer be sufficient to abate the Aussie appetite for violence if authorities do indeed legalise the sale of R18+ games, Sega has announced a topically titled ‘Welcome To Violence’ triple-pack for Wii. The publisher, according to Kotaku, describes the bundle as a …

The deadline for submissions in the ongoing debate around mature and violent video games in Australia is this Sunday – and campaign group Grow Up Australia says it already has 16,055 submissions to present to the government. Of those, the body says that nearly all are in favour of the …

Nintendo is celebrating another victory in the war against the R4 card with news that an Australian distributor has been heavily fined for selling the device. ITnews reports that RSJ IT Solutions has been ordered to pay AUS$520,000 to Nintendo as a result of offering the R4 to customers. It …

Australia is edging closer to the creation of an R18+ classification as preliminary results from the government’s public consultation shows the majority of citizens are in favour of the new rating. The government opened the ongoing debate surrounding the nation’s lack of a mature games rating to the public back …

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With the Australian government having finally opened up the debate on violent games, and in turn paved the way for a possible R18+ rating to be introduced, South Australian attorney general Michael Atkinson has stated that he has been receiving death threats from disgruntled gamers. Atkinson maintains that violent games …

Australia’s games industry set new sales records last year, with total revenues coming in at AUD $2.05 billion. Data from market research group GfK Retail and Technology Australia showed this figure had increased by 4 per cent when compared to the previous year. Software sales rose by 6 per cent …

Having previously been banned from release by the famously strict Australian Classification Board, Sega has now confirmed that its Aliens vs Predator will be granted a MA15+ certificate and an uncut retail release in the territory. It is with great pleasure that we announce the success of our appeal,” Sega …

The Australian government has at last opened up the debate on whether or not its classification system should be restructured to accommodate adult or mature video games. The strict Australian classification system has been in the news again recently thanks to its decision to ban Rebellion’s Aliens vs Predator – …