Feb 15, 2012
Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice Jason Clare today introduced legislation to establish an R 18+ category for computer games. This will bring the classification categories for computer games into line with existing categories used to classify films. It will also bring Australia into line with the classification systems in many countries...
Jan 24, 2012
Today both Gamespot and Kotaku have reported that the new Federal Minister for Home Affairs Jason Clare, has confirmed that the R18+ for games bill will be introduced in the first session of parliament this year, commencing February 7. However the process will still take quite a while as Gamespot discusses, the Bill has to be passed through both the Upper and...
Dec 4, 2011
A recent article on Otago Daily Times provided a great summary on Games in NZ. The article reference our DNZ12 report, plus the recent survey released by the NZ Game Developers Association showing the growth of this sector in NZ. See here for...
Nov 30, 2011
MCV Pacific has announced a series of awards for entities from all walks of life in the Australian / New Zealand games industry for 2011! For details click here or to submit a company, game or person for nomination, send an email to mcvpacificawards@intentmedia.co.uk with the subject heading ‘Award...
Nov 28, 2011
Recently our Chairman, Edward Fong, did an interview on Sky News about the potential impact a new Classification system which includes R18+ may have on our industry. To watch, click here
Nov 24, 2011
James Dominguez has written an excellent piece over at Screenplay about the question of interactivity and the different treatment being applied to video games, despite the lack of evidence, under the proposed new classification guidelines. You can read on...
