EB Games army makes 46,000 R18+ submissions

Renai LeMay
Thursday, 25 February 2010 18:14

Your IT - Entertainment

Video games retailer EB Games today revealed it had received over 46,000 submissions from customers in support of a new R18+ Australian classification category for games.

Several weeks ago, the retailer threw what it said was its full support behind the push. The lack of an R18+ classification has resulted in various popular games '” such as Left 4 Dead 2 '” being censored for the Australian market or refused classification so that they are unable to be sold locally.

Some game publishers have been forced to modify their games prior to release in Australia.

As part of its push for the rating, EB Games had given customers the chance to sign a submission in stories and online that will form part of the retailer's overall submission into a review of the R18+ idea being held by the Federal Attorney-General's Department.

30,000 of the submissions were hand-signed in EB Games' stores over the past two weeks, with another 16,000 collected online in conjunction with Grow Up Australia, an organisation also pushing for a R18+ rating.

'The responses that we have received in just two weeks have been simply phenomenal,' said EB Games managing director Steve Wilson. 'This groundswell of support has proven in no uncertain terms and for all, that there is not just a minority calling for this change, but rather everyday Australia.'