For GameSpot AU's previous coverage on the R18+ issue, click here! If you're an Australian and you're a gamer, then you're probably already aware that game classification in this country has some ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. In Australia the R18+ rating for games issue has never been so hotly debated as it is now, thanks to the release of a federal government questionnaire ...

A new classifications system for computer games that will "increase protection for children and provide parents with clearer guidance" will be supported by the State Government. Attorney-General John ...

Following several delays, the Australian Federal Government has set a deadline for the state attorney generals to decide on the possible introduction of an R18+ ratings category for video games.

State of Decay's delayed Australian release has the greenlight thanks to an R18+ classification. The new classification was awarded yesterday and appears to have earned Australia's highest content ...

South Australian Attorney-General John Rau today delivered some welcoming news for Australian gamers, pledging his support for the Australian Federal Government’s national push to introduce an R18+ ...

While Government bodies are allowing R18+ rated content on mobile phones, nothing has been done to remedy the situation with games, where a "maximum" rating of MA15+ applies. Hi, I look after product ...

The new law fulfils the Commonwealth's part of a deal with states and territories to include an R18+ rating in the games classification system. "These are important reforms over 10 years in the making ...

GDAA president and Tantalus CEO Tom Crago has written an opinion piece heavily criticising the ratings system in Australia for its lack of an 18-rating - something which he believes results in ...

Mortal Kombat, which was banned and seized in early 2011 after being refused classification, has been reclassified and will be available in Australia to 18+ buyers. Michelle Starr is CNET's science ...

Survival-horror game Outlast 2 was refused classification in Australia yesterday, with the Australian Classification Board saying it’s due to “a depiction of implied sexual violence.” You can read the ...