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As this report on Kotaku AU details, Australia continues to deal with how it classifies and views video games.
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Last year, Australian gamers protested against the government's lack of an adults-only video game rating…
Australia is one step closer to a mature rating for video games, as resigning ratings-blocker Michael Atkinson is…
No, not yet, but the possibility of Australia getting games rated 18 and older has increased quite a bit with the…