Oct 18, 2012

The new Guidelines for the Classification of Computer Games will be effective from 1 January 2013.  They can be accessed on the classification website. The Classification Branch is offering information sessions about these guidelines and invites you to register your attendance at a session. There will be no charge for the session and these sessions are...

Oct 15, 2012

iGEA recently made a submission to he Attorney-General’s Department Review of Technological Protection Measure Exceptions made under the Copyright Act 1968. As per the Executive Summary: Many of the Proposed Exceptions, including those relating to backup copies and fair dealing, fail to satisfy the requirements of section 249(4) of the Copyright Act. For...

Sep 28, 2012

Brendan Keogh writes for The Conversation on how the recent Freeplay Independent Games Festival  held last week should be used to remind us that video games matter and are culturally significant. Brendan writes  ‘……Freeplay is about celebrating videogames as cultural artefacts, and the playing of videogames as a culturally significant...

Sep 19, 2012

Thanks to all of our Members and Partners that participated in the iGEA Soccer Challenge last Friday.  Everyone had a great day and we saw some great soccer and laughs on the day. A huge thanks to IGN for sponosring the day – we really appreciate it. Congratulations to Ubisoft for winning the tournament, and Mindscape/Citrus for winning the wooden...

Sep 13, 2012

Sydney, September 13, 2012 – The Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (iGEA) has expressed a reserved and qualified welcome to today’s release of the long anticipated Guidelines for the Classification of Computer Games, which includes the provision for an R18+ category. “We, along with many other stakeholders, have worked for many years to have...