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Michael Atkinson, No R18+ For Games In Australia: Why It Hurts Children
Australian Gamer has posted a letter one of its readers received from Michael Atkinson, the South Australian Attorney-General against an R18+ rating for games. The letter is in response to the reader’s arguments for the new classification. I encourage you to read Atkinson’s entire response so you can formulate your own judgement. I’ve previously dissected…
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Edited Dark Sector Resubmitted, Cleared By The OFLC
No chance for Dark Sector in Australia? Not quite the case. Local distributor AFA Interactive appears to have finally gotten its hands on the toned-down build for the Japanese market (or a custom one from developer Digital Extremes) and coaxed an MA 15+ rating from the Office of Film and Literature Classification. AFA has yet…
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Shellshock 2 Refused Classification In Australia, No Plans To Resubmit
Eidos’ Shellshock 2: Blood Trails has become another casualty in the fight for an R18+ rating for games in Australia. On June 20, it was handed a Refused Classification by the OFLC, banning its sale in the country. For the Shellshock series, it is a case of history repeating. Back in 2004, Shellshock: Nam ’67…
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Rumour: Here’s What Rockstar Removed From Australian/NZ GTA IV
Rockstar edited GTA IV for Australia. It gave a vague statement regarding the edits. Everyone thought New Zealand would get the unmodified game, as its classification board gave it an R-rating. Gameplanet NZ broke the bad news that this was, in fact, not the case. Yet there’s still one puzzle piece to this saga that…