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11:00AM David Wildgoose | Australia’s fine tradition of banning games continues. This time it’s a WiiWare poker game provocatively titled Sexy Poker. More »
WiiWare Poker Game Is Too Sexy For Australia
11:00AM David Wildgoose | Australia’s fine tradition of banning games continues. This time it’s a WiiWare poker game provocatively titled Sexy Poker. More » 
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1:30PM David Wildgoose | Horror-themed first-person shooter NecroVision got banned last month. Now, like F.E.A.R. 2, Fallout 3 and countless other games before it, it’s coming out. More »
Another Banned Game Gets Minor Edits, Unbanned
1:30PM David Wildgoose | Horror-themed first-person shooter NecroVision got banned last month. Now, like F.E.A.R. 2, Fallout 3 and countless other games before it, it’s coming out. More » 
Excess Blood, Dismemberment Caused NecroVisioN Banning
4:30PM David Wildgoose | Earlier, we reported that PC first-person shooter NecroVisioN has been refused classification in Australia. Now, according to Gamespot, we know why: extreme violence.
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2:00PM David Wildgoose | 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.
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2:00PM David Wildgoose | 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.
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9:00AM David Wildgoose | Australian censorship ministers met yesterday to discuss changes to our classification system for video games. While many within the industry and gaming community were optimistic this would see the introduction of an R18+ rating, it appears those hopes have been cruelly dashed.
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New Classification System Agreed; M Games Now Banned Too
9:00AM David Wildgoose | Australian censorship ministers met yesterday to discuss changes to our classification system for video games. While many within the industry and gaming community were optimistic this would see the introduction of an R18+ rating, it appears those hopes have been cruelly dashed.
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3:00PM David Wildgoose | The website of Australia’s Classification Board has been hacked. Visitors to the site overnight were greeted with the above message.
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Classification Board Website Hacked
3:00PM David Wildgoose | The website of Australia’s Classification Board has been hacked. Visitors to the site overnight were greeted with the above message.
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10:00AM David Wildgoose | 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.
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10:00AM David Wildgoose | 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.
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3:00PM David Wildgoose | The unprecedented comments over the past few days on the R18+ rating debate from South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson has prompted a response from the wider games industry. Unsurprisingly, it appears there’s little common ground to be found on the issue.
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Industry Responds To Atkinson, Respectfully Disagrees
3:00PM David Wildgoose | The unprecedented comments over the past few days on the R18+ rating debate from South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson has prompted a response from the wider games industry. Unsurprisingly, it appears there’s little common ground to be found on the issue.
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2:00PM David Wildgoose | Michael Atkinson has admitted he opposes an R18+ category because he doesn’t trust the Classification Board to apply the guidelines “in their plain meaning”. In a third letter to Kotaku, Atkinson outlines his case against the introduction of an R18+ category in response to Kotaku reader Terry O’Shanassy. Atkinson claims the Board will stretch the limits of an R18+ category in the same way they currently stretch the limits of the MA15+ category.
Atkinson Argues His Case, Says He Doesn’t Trust Classification Board
2:00PM David Wildgoose | Michael Atkinson has admitted he opposes an R18+ category because he doesn’t trust the Classification Board to apply the guidelines “in their plain meaning”. In a third letter to Kotaku, Atkinson outlines his case against the introduction of an R18+ category in response to Kotaku reader Terry O’Shanassy. Atkinson claims the Board will stretch the limits of an R18+ category in the same way they currently stretch the limits of the MA15+ category.
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1:00PM David Wildgoose | Full credit to Michael Atkinson. He not only reads Kotaku and writes to us, but he also reads all your comments as well. As we just revealed, the South Australian Attorney-General and spokesperson for the anti-R18+ brigade has written a second letter to Kotaku. In it, he addresses a host of comments left by Kotaku readers the last time he wrote to us. You’ll find his lengthy response – in full – beyond the jump.
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Censorship Minister Responds To Your Comments
1:00PM David Wildgoose | Full credit to Michael Atkinson. He not only reads Kotaku and writes to us, but he also reads all your comments as well. As we just revealed, the South Australian Attorney-General and spokesperson for the anti-R18+ brigade has written a second letter to Kotaku. In it, he addresses a host of comments left by Kotaku readers the last time he wrote to us. You’ll find his lengthy response – in full – beyond the jump.
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