blog It was only a little over a week ago that the Classification Board approved the first R18+ video game to be launched in Australia in the form of Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge, following new legislation supporting R18+ games taking effect on 1 January. And now we have word that that wasn’t an anomaly, with the news that the Classification Board has approved two more games as R18+ in Australia. Gaming site Player Attack (click here for the full article) reports:

Australia’s second R-rated video game has been revealed – and just like the first, it’s a little bit unusual. The land Down Under has now been given its first free-to-play adults-only title [Spartacus Legends], released only on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network – and it’s a television series tie-in, to boot.

And Kotaku brings us the news that there’s a third game to be classified R18+ as well (we recommend you click here for the full article):

Word has come in from EA that Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel, the latest in a third-person shooter series based on cooperative play, is the third game to receive the new R18+ classification, for “high impact violence”.

We haven’t played Spartacus Legends, but we have played the original Army of Two game, and we have to say it’s a pretty decent effort, focusing on cooperative play. It’s a good thing that it’s able to be released in Australia unmodified. This isn’t the kind of game which you’d want kids to be playing — it’s really aimed at two adult guys hanging out, grabbing a few beers and cooperating to blast away some bad guys on their XBox 360 or PlayStation 3. ‘Adult themes’ abound here, and we’re glad to see it classified as R18+. Now if only Valve could deliver on its hints and deliver an uncensored version of Left 4 Dead 2 ;)

Image credit: EA (Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel)

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1. Kevin Davies
   Posted 25/01/2013 at 12:02 pm | Permalink | Reply

   No longer being classified as a child is excellent news.

   “Does not stop you from being one” ~ comments from the wife.

2. PeterA
   Posted 25/01/2013 at 12:09 pm | Permalink | Reply

   2 words for army of two.

   BRO FIST (or is that too much grammar, and should only be one word?)

   also When is it ok?

3. Brendan
   Posted 25/01/2013 at 12:13 pm | Permalink | Reply

   And the sky continues to not fall. All the hoopla surrounding why it was such a bad idea pretty much pales into insignificance when you see the system actually working as intended.

   It also means the classification board can shift a number of titles that would be banned outright (due to graphic nature) or let slide through under MA15+ (when it’s borderline at best) into the appropriate classification.

4. Soth
   Posted 25/01/2013 at 1:13 pm | Permalink | Reply

   Finally adults can buy adult stuff!

5. Charlie
   Posted 03/04/2013 at 6:52 pm | Permalink | Reply

   This has no significance anyway. I’m 16 and wanted an 18+ game that has just come out, so I jumped on to JB-HI-FI online and bought it from there… Easy, no ID needed.

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