May 11, 2010

Laura Parker at gamespot.com.au has written a fantastic story about the recently Government Report into R18+ public consultation. Following the initial news that 98.2 percent of the 59,678 public submissions received by the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department were in favour of introducing R18+, GameSpot AU has combed the report’s contents to...

Feb 22, 2010

22 February 2010 For Immediate Release Support for an R18+, Growing The Attorney-General’s Department is set to receive an influx of submissions from people who support the introduction of an R18+ category for computer games into the Australian classification system. The submissions were made via an online form provided by Grow up Australia, an independent...

Feb 15, 2010

R18+ Classification for Video Games: Industry Responds to Discussion Paper Sydney, February 15, 2010 – The Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (iGEA) has today made its submission to Attorney-General’s Department on the proposed R18+ classification for video games in Australia.  Representing platform holders, publishers and distributors, the...

Feb 3, 2010

Laura Parker over at gamespot, reports that the  Australian federal government is remaining noncommittal on the effects of the R18+ discussion paper; and says public view will merely “inform [the] decision” on R18+ for games. To read more click...

Feb 3, 2010

BRISBANE, Queensland–Feb. 03, 2010—EB Games, Australia’s largest video game and entertainment software retailer, today announced that they will be responding to overwhelming customer demand by throwing their full support behind the push for an R18+ classification for computer games in Australia. From today, in all 350 EB Games stores across...