Censor Watch

Kotaku AU

Anyone worried about a repeat of the classification drama around Fallout 3 can rest easy. Fallout: New Vegas has passed through the Board with an MA15+ rating and its strong violence, drug references and themes intact.


August 3, 2010

Censor Watch

Kotaku AU

Handful of games we didn’t know were coming have turned up on the Classification Board’s desk this past week. Let’s find out what they are.


July 27, 2010

Censor Watch

Kotaku AU

The Aussie Classification Board has been busy recently. Reckon you can guess what Final Fantasy XIV was rated?


July 20, 2010

Censor Watch

Kotaku AU

In which we take a look at what the Classification Board has been up to recently.


April 6, 2009

Censor Watch

Kotaku AU

Hey, Censor Watch fans. You may have noticed we’ve not posted for two Mondays now. This is the reason. So while we wait for the government to upgrade their security, please enjoy this Far Cry 2 screenshot of a man about to be stabbed.


March 23, 2009

Censor Watch

Kotaku AU

The first DSiWare titles have been rated by our Classification Board. We don’t know when they’ll be released, but we can tell you the initial batch of games to be found on the new download service will include a maths edition of Brain Training and a bunch of magic trick tutorials. What an auspicious beginning.


March 16, 2009

Censor Watch

Kotaku AU

Not much in the way of games hitting our censors’ desks this week. The most notable being Swords & Soldiers, a WiiWare strategy game from the makers of the original PC demo of De Blob. Yep, that’s just how boring a week it was. Cool-looking game though.


March 9, 2009

Censor Watch

Kotaku AU

House of the Dead: Overkill was just an appetiser, apparently. The real Zombie Apocalypse is coming. At least, according to a new entry on the Classification Board’s website, there’s a game by that very name in development at Nihilistic Software and being published by Konami. No word on what type of game it is or even what platform it’s coming to, as the Board helpfully lists it as “multi-platform” just like they do for almost every single game. We’re asking questions of Konami’s Australian distributor, Atari, right now.


March 2, 2009

Censor Watch

Kotaku AU

Remember how we despaired at the delays to Club Nintendo? Then remember how Nintendo told us we’d finally have some good news last week?Of course, that good news was also delayed. But the recent classification of Club Nintendo reward game, Game & Watch Collection for DS, suggests we might not have to wait too much longer.


February 23, 2009

Censor Watch

Kotaku AU

The new Leisure Suit Larry game, subtitled Box Office Bust, was given an MA15+ by the Classification Board last week. Why’s this news? Because the previous Leisure Suit Larry game, subtitled Magna Cum Laude, was refused classification. Only slight snag in all this is that Box Office Bust looks terrible. Just like Magna Cum Laude.