Australia Considers R18+ Videogame Rating
The Australian government [http://www.australia.gov.au/]is considering the creation of an R18+ rating for videogames, a move which would pave the way for the sale of games currently banned in the country for exceeding the MA15+ standard.
The lack of a "mature" videogame rating in Australia, described by Interactive Entertainment Association of Australia [http://www.bond.edu.au/] found the average age of Australian videogamers is 28, and that more than half of all gamers are over 18, while 88 percent of respondents to a separate 2005 survey indicated support for the addition of an R18+ classification.
The IEAA has been campaigning for updates to the current The Age [http://www.oflc.gov.au/], a spokeswoman for Australian Minister of Home Affairs Bob Debus said the possible addition of an R18+ videogame classification would be discussed at the next Standing Committee of Attorneys-General on March 28.
The most recent high-profile videogame to be Xbox 360 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/81458]. In announcing the ban, the OFLC cited the game's "high level, naturalistic" violence, which exceeded the MA15+ rating and therefore could not be approved for sale.
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The Australian government [http://www.australia.gov.au/]is considering the creation of an R18+ rating for videogames, a move which would pave the way for the sale of games currently banned in the country for exceeding the MA15+ standard.
The lack of a "mature" videogame rating in Australia, described by Interactive Entertainment Association of Australia [http://www.bond.edu.au/] found the average age of Australian videogamers is 28, and that more than half of all gamers are over 18, while 88 percent of respondents to a separate 2005 survey indicated support for the addition of an R18+ classification.
The IEAA has been campaigning for updates to the current The Age [http://www.oflc.gov.au/], a spokeswoman for Australian Minister of Home Affairs Bob Debus said the possible addition of an R18+ videogame classification would be discussed at the next Standing Committee of Attorneys-General on March 28.
The most recent high-profile videogame to be Xbox 360 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/81458]. In announcing the ban, the OFLC cited the game's "high level, naturalistic" violence, which exceeded the MA15+ rating and therefore could not be approved for sale.
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