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Hey Classification Board, We Found ‘Language’ In The Walking Dead
Dear Australian Classification Board, we noticed yesterday that you rated The Walking Dead as MA15+, despite it carrying more disturbing themes than every game you’ve rated R18+ so far. Yet oddly, your classification report says the game has no foul language. Well, we think we found some.
Can You Guess What The Walking Dead Is Rated In Australia?
A while ago, we reported that Telltale Games wouldn’t be submitting the award-winning adventure game The Walking Dead for classification in Australia, for fear of it being considering above our ceiling of MA15+. But as of yesterday, the Classification Board has The Walking Dead registered and ready for sale. The classification? MA15+.
EA Claims Third R18+ Title
Word has come in from EA that Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel, the latest in a third-person shooter series based on cooperative play, is the third game to receive the new R18+ classification, for “high impact violence”.
And The Number Two R18+ Game Is…
The Classification Board is wasting no time in doling out our exciting new R18+ rating. We’ll have to play the game to tell for sure, but if the gore involved in Spartacus Legends is all that qualifies for an R18+ rating, we can expect many more to come.
Valve Considers Resubmitting Left 4 Dead 2 Under R18+ Classification
Nearly four years ago, our classification board refused to classify Left 4 Dead 2. A highly sanitised version of the game just for Aussies, but now that the R18+ rating is in effect, Valve is considering resubmitting the original, uncensored game for classification.
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge Gets Australia’s First R18+ Sticker
The first game to get an R18+ rating has been revealed; it’ll be Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge for its “High Impact Bloody Violence”.
R18+: Won’t Somebody Think Of The Children?
R18+ is now a real rating for video games in Australia, although it’ll probably be a while before we see any R18+ rated games on store shelves. R18+ should impart knowledge, and knowledge is power. Why shouldn’t we make use of that power in a positive way?
