so is thread only for consoles, or can real gamers post their stuff in here too? 8-[

so is thread only for consoles, or can real gamers post their stuff in here too? 8-[

Fairly sure they've said not till next year.

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Gotta love sales at EB Games. Picked up GOTY Borderlands and Deus Ex: Human Revolution Ltd Edition for $40 together.

So into NBA2k12 atm

So into NBA2k12 atm

Played heaps of NBA2K11, it was a pretty fun game.

Does anyone know what I can spend all my Microsoft points on?

Yeah, what happened to Blue and White? ;)

Packs.

[size=6]R18+ Successfully Passes Through Parliament[/size]

Jason Clare, the Minister for Home Affairs has just announced that R18+ for games is set to become a reality, after legislation successfully passing through the Federal Parliament, having just gone through the Senate without amendment.

“These are important reforms over 10 years in the making,” Mr Clare said.

“The R 18+ category will inform consumers, parents and retailers about which games are not suitable for minors to play, and will prevent minors from purchasing unsuitable material.

“The reforms also mean that adults are able to choose what games they play within the bounds of the law.”

The next stage for the R18+ classification is for each separate state to pass their own complimentary legislation, since classification remains a state issue.

According to Jason Clare’s website, this means that, subject to the separate state legislation, we could be on schedule to see our first R18+ for games become a reality by January 1 2013.

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/06/r18-successfully-passes-through-parliament/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

Kinda irrelevant. At least for the time being, new-release games are still cheaper to buy online overseas.

Game on over sex and violence

CONSERVATIVE groups have urged the federal government to ensure the sex and violence allowed in the new R18+ category for computer games is no greater than that for the current MA15+ level.

The federal government announced last week that a R18+ category for video games would be introduced on January 1, bringing Australia into line with the rest of the world.

However, the sex and violence standards for the new category are still to be determined by the Australian Classification Board.
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At present, games with high-level sex and violence either receive a MA15+ rating or are banned. Many violent and sexualised games, such as Grand Theft Auto, are edited by manufacturers to qualify for a MA15+ rating.

''I expect the new [R18+] classification to be described no differently to MA15+,'' said the managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby, Jim Wallace.

''If [R18+] is described in looser terms, or is less demanding than the existing MA15+ - which is already letting [in] things that shouldn't have been there - then it's not going to work. We already know that some of the games that are sold in Australia are unacceptable and should never have slipped in under the old rating.''

However, Mr Wallace said he expected that the games industry - the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA) - would push for an R18+ classification that allowed more sex and violence than the current MA15+ rating.

Mr Wallace said he wanted a new, stricter MA15+ category to complement the R18+ rating.

Glenn Cupit, a lecturer in child development at the University of South Australia and vice-president of lobby group the Australian Council on Children and the Media, argued that if video games were allowed to contain more sex and violence, children would find ways to access them illegally.

''It's a really important issue because of what we know from the research of the impact of playing extremely violent video games on young children's development in terms of their attitudes and values,'' he said.

The chief executive of the IGEA, Ron Curry, said he disagreed with the idea that the sex and violence standards applying to MA15+ should apply to the new R18+.

''We clearly wouldn't agree with that,'' he said. ''There's no evidence to suggest … that the content that currently sits there [at MA15+] should only be suitable for adults.''

Sam Hinton, an assistant professor in media arts at the University of Canberra, said that even if a looser R18+ rating was introduced, individual states and territories could still ban R18+ games.

Professor Hinton said people had little to fear from games rated R18+.

''It's not like there are these weird, sick games out there that are being kept out because we don't have a R18+ category,'' he said.

''It'll be the same games coming in but without the modifications [for MA15+], which are pretty minimal in most cases.''

A spokesperson for the Australian Classification Board, Simon Ferguson, said the details of the new R18+ rating were yet to be finalised. ''It is anticipated that the new MA15+ category will be more stringent than the old, but details are yet to be finalised,'' he said.

Computer gamer Michael Irving, 24, of Ballarat, said the allowable levels of violence and sex in computer games should echo the standards allowed in films.

''I can understand the need to limit the amount [of sex and violence] but I don't understand why video games would need heavier monitoring than any other medium,'' he said.

He said that in many cases, games edited to fit a MA15+ rating were not appropriate for children and would be better off left unedited and rated R18+.

''MA15+ feels more like a recommendation,'' he said. ''Parents will be more mindful if it is rated R18+.''

I am pretty sure this is the right thread to post in... but anyways...

Total War Rome 2 just got announced today and I am extremely excited!! It's due 2013 and it's going to be a HUGE IMPROVEMENT to the original. I hope it's not just a graphics/paintjob to make it look prettier... I would really like a great game out of this :)

Here's a link :)

Did anyone else play RTW? or any of the other ones?

It is probably my favourite game of all time :D