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Australian Government Finally Agrees to an R18+ Rating

Posted on Friday, July 22 @ 05:00:00 Eastern by


In a meeting of attorneys-general in Adelaide, Australia (because saying a different city would have made such a difference to you...), the federal and state governments have made an in-principle agreement to include an R18+ classification (our equivalent of an 'M' rating) in their ratings system. This is yet another judicial victory for video games, after the California video game law was struck down as unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court.

Gamers in Australia have been clamoring for this rating for years now, and I can't believe it's taken this long for their government to have some bloody sense. I mean, could you imagine if us Americans could only have games up to a 'T' rating? Ah... hell no!

Hopefully now, that means that Australians will soon receive games that aren't completely edited and gutted of its gore and adult themes. And it will likely help stimulate not only the Australian games industry in retail, development, and fan-based community, but everyone else's as well since we can all finally export true 'M'-rated games to the Land Down Under.

Of course, the Australian government will have to follow through on this agreement; that is, if they believe in principles.


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  • Mistaza
    Mistaza
    Joined: Oct 2007
    Posted: Jul 22nd, 2011 at 3:01 am
    "Hell...It's about time"

    Tychus Findlay.
    0 2
  • Sjvan0
    Sjvan0
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Jul 22nd, 2011 at 5:03 am
    Actually, your M is somewhere between our MA15+ and R18+ ratings (usually falling closer to the MA side), and with a few exceptions (such as pretty much any gore in Left 4 Dead 2 and real-world drugs giving benefits (eg, the weed-equivalent got Risen banned, morphine had to be renamed Med-X in Fallout 3)) games that normally would have fallen on the R18+ end such as GTA IV, the Hitman games, and the last Alien vs Predator just got squeezed in under the MA15+ rating. The main effect we'll probably see is those sorts of games being given the rating they deserve.
    0 1
  • Masterwabbit
    Masterwabbit
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Jul 22nd, 2011 at 4:01 pm
    Nice going, ya bludgers!
    That's some shonky business, mate!

    ... I learned my Strine from TF2's Sniper, am I doing it correctly?
    0 0
  • damo_rox619
    damo_rox619
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Jul 22nd, 2011 at 5:14 pm
    it wasn't bad lol
    0 0
  • damo_rox619
    damo_rox619
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Jul 22nd, 2011 at 5:15 pm
    glad this is finally happening. im an aussie and even though the rating system hasn't stopped me from ebaying mortal kombat, it definitely made it a hassle to buy the dlc characters. still got them eventually though!
    0 0
  • damo_rox619
    damo_rox619
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Jul 22nd, 2011 at 5:16 pm
    glad this is finally happening. im an aussie and even though the rating system hasn't stopped me from ebaying mortal kombat, it definitely made it a hassle to buy the dlc characters. still got them eventually though!
    0 0

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