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Reservoir Dogs game banned in Australia

It's yet another embarrassing day to be an Aussie gamer. Reservoir Dogs, the upcoming game based on the hit Quentin Tarantino film, has been banned in Australia.

F.E.A.R. 2 banned in Australia

Project Origin fails to make it past Aussie censors due to high-impact violence; Warner Bros. Interactive to appeal decision.

Silent Hill: Homecoming banned in Australia

Latest Silent Hill horror game refused classification down under; local distributor will wait until early 2009 for a possible resubmission.

Blitz banned in Australia

Midway American football title refused classification because of in-game drug use.

Marc Ecko banned in Australia

Another month, another game ban. This time it is graffiti-focused action title Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, which has been refused classification by Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classification (OLFC), effectively making the game illegal to sell in this country.

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Censory Overload: Games censorship in Australia

How much does the right to choose what content you view mean to you, the consumer? GameSpot AU explores the thorny issue of videogame classification and censorship in Australia.

Inside the Classification Board Part II: Q&A with a former deputy director

Understanding the decisions behind the classification of video games in Australia is important. In our latest in the series, GameSpot AU looks at how the system works through a Q&A with the newly-renamed Classification Board.

Getting Steamed: digital distribution for games isn't there yet

Online distribution should be world-wide, and yet we're still thinking inside old market models.

Q&A: Aussie ratings board head Des Clark

Office of Film and Literature Classification director Des Clark speaks about future challenges for game ratings in Australia.

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