Neowin News Feed for: Classification

Outlast 2 gets banned in Australia due to implied sexual violence

Usama Jawad — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 14:18:01 +0000

Outlast 2 has been denied certification in Australia, due to scenes which imply sexual violence. As a result, the game will not see a release in the country unless it is censored and resubmitted. Read more...

R18+ video game box art substituted for plain packaging by Target Australia store

Boyd Chan — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 10:18:01 +0000

Recently, shoppers in South Australia spotted a curious change to the the way R18+ video games have been packaged for retail display in Target stores across the state. Read more...

Australians to finally get R18+ adult video game rating

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 07:28:12 +0000

After many years of deliberation, the Australian government and its ministers have finally warmed to the idea of giving Australia an adult, R18+ video game classification. At the Standing Committee of Attorney-General meeting (SCAG) in... Read more...

Australia should introduce R18+ game classification, says EA president

Matthew Hopson — Mon, 10 May 2010 06:55:25 +0000

EA Games president Frank Gibeau believes that the Australian government should introduce an R18+ classification for video games, as the lack of a rating higher than 16 "effectively censor[s] entertainment choices for adults." Writing in an... Read more...

Fallout 3 Refused Classification in Australia

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:02:26 +0000

Bad news for Australians unfortunately! Fallout 3 has fallen short of the very strict RC ratings by the Office of Film and Literature Classification. Strangely, the system does not allow video games to be... Read more...

MS Researchers Tackle Automated Malware Classification

Fri, 12 May 2006 21:15:00 +0000

Researchers from Microsoft's anti-malware engineering team are working on an automated way to sort through the thousands of malware families and variants attacking Windows computers. The company unveiled its plans at the EICAR (European Institute... Read more...