After years of discussion, loads of debate and lots of expended effort (and fighting), it’s been announced that the Australian government is finally ready to introduce an R18+ age rating for videogames in the country.

As it stands, the highest age rating for games in Australia is set at ‘MA15+’ which simply isn’t inclusive enough to account for games that feature more mature content and themes - an age rating that’s the basic equivalent of an ESRB ‘M,’ a PEGI ‘16’ and an FPB ‘16.’

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El33tonline wasn’t the only crew touring gaming events in South Africa during the week of January 16th, as EA South Africa and a very special guest all the way from Australia were also making the rounds to attend gatherings of gamers in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

EA South Africa’s Ralph Spinks and Bianca McFadyen, along with EA Australia’s Brad Pidgeon, recently visited a number of gaming events in the country to meet with the gamers of Johannesburg and Cape Town as well as to extend EA’s message of community to gamers.

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