Australia getting R18+ rating for games
Australia's Standing Committee of Attorneys-General has approved a new R18+ rating classification for video games.
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see all 16 commentsAustralians Asked to Weigh-In on Possible Addition of R 18+ Game Classification
Gamasutra reports that the Australian government may be reconsidering its stringent videogame ratings system and is asking its citizens to weigh...
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In a report commissioned by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, study author and clinical psychologist Tanya Byron has suggested a number of...
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see all 7 commentsFTC: Game Ratings Keep On Keeping On
The Entertainment Software Rating Board's (ESRB) game ratings scale is now more effective than ever thanks to growing retailer participation and...
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see all 7 commentsReview Scores Don't Mean Much
It is commonly known that publishers put a high degree of importance on video game review scores, particularly since the advent of large-scale...
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see all 70 commentsParents Ignore Game Ratings
Whenever the issue of violence and sex in videogames arises, the majority of us say that it's the parents' responsibility to monitor what their...
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