For GameSpot AU’s previous coverage on the R18+ issue, click here! If you’re an Australian and you’re a gamer, then you’re probably already aware that game classification in this country has some ...

Although there aren't yet any games to take advantage of it, Australia's brand new R18+ ratings category for games came into effect with the New Year. ABC News marked the happy occasion, speaking with ...

“Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.” — Potter Stewart (American Judge and associate justice of the US Supreme Court (1958-81)) ...

After many years of debate and deliberation Australia might finally be about to receive an R18+ rating for video games. On July 21 and 22 the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG) meeting ...

A new ratings tool has led to more games than ever being refused classification, but advocates say this is just a fraction of the massive list of 150,000 games now classified for the first time.

Amendments to the Classification Act that will streamline the process of classifying a game, including mobile and online titles, have been welcomed by the IGEA. Nic Healey is a Senior Editor with CNET ...

Maybe it is the next political band wagon to be jumped upon, or possibly there truly is an undercurrent developing for an overhaul of the Australian classification system of video games. Currently ...

The government's Digital Britain report has unveiled plans to introduce a new classification system for all boxed video games in the UK. Proposed initiatives include a new classification system for ...

A speculative article in The Guardian earlier this month suggested games could in future be wholly submitted to a film-like rating system courtesy of the BBFC, and the film classification board has ...

Original story, August 7, 2019: DayZ has been denied classification by the Australian government, despite having been previously granted an MA15+ rating under the IARC system. The decision was spotted ...