Tuesday, June 19th 2012
Australian R18+ Game Rating System Ends Mature Game Embargos
Australian legislators voted in a new game rating system that expands choice for gamers, allowing them to play ESRB-Mature games, which often get restricted or banned in the Australian market. Called R18+, the new rating marks games restricted to consumption by people aged 18 and above. Before it, the highest game rating marker for the Australian market was M15+ ("mature", above the age of 15), which let through titles with depiction of violence, but blocked out quite a few that in the eyes of the powers that be, were "too violent" (eg: Mortal Kombat, with its gory critical hit animations). Like with every other government, in every part of the world, it took a lobby to move the Australian House and Senate (Parliament) and make R18+ a reality. Go ahead and score fatalities in style, mates.
Source:
GameInformer
24 Comments on Australian R18+ Game Rating System Ends Mature Game Embargos
Left 4 Dead 2 was completely butchered compared to the original... maybe they will update it to be the normal version now!!!
And no more R18+ games being classified as MA15+ LOL!!
And no more Censored games!!!
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY FREAKING YEARS I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS...
Mates xD
Thank goodness we wont get gore gimped games anymore like L4D2(gore free rubbish version)
But in all seriousness, about time!
Sure Aussie settlers were initially criminals and may have a predisposition to mimicking criminal activities from anything they may find influential but that was a long time ago and many of them should have evolved by now!
Well, they do have Mussels there so it shouldn't be too hard.
All kidding aside, this is awesome.
They actually realize that we can think for ourselves now and that most of us are infact over 15 lol
"Restricted to 18 and over" . So if I am 32 I am still restricted, but if I am 17 is OK. This is what I understand from this statement.
It says "Restricted TO 18 AND OVER"
meaning...
"Restricted TO people 18 years old AND OVER"