The Australian Government has been banned "World of Warcraft"
According to foreign media reports, Australia videos, games and books Classification Committee will implement the bill in accordance with classification requirements for the implementation of a classification system for online games.Have previously reported that the Australian government has been banned "World of Warcraft" (World of Warcraft), such as several large-scale multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), and offenders will be subject to hefty fines and even imprisonment, as these games do not have stand-alone characteristics, it has been free in Australia grading system.
However, the Australian member of the grading plan to incorporate all the games classification system management, including stand-alone and network gaming. Came into force in 1995's "New South Wales Classification Enforcement Act" to prohibit any distributors and retailers to sell games without a classification.
New South Wales, Australia's chief prosecutor's spokesman, John? (John Hatzistergos) said that the New South Wales Act the jurisdiction of the object classification includes not only buy the game from the network, including stand-alone games, more than role-playing games and online games, for these games the same.
New South Wales Police Commissioner Tony? Kelly (Tony Kelly), a spokesman said that if the retailer has found that illegal sales of the game without a rating, police hope the public can contact the local police immediately.
Australian Game Industry Alliance "Interactive Entertainment Association of Australia" (IEAA) CEO Ron? Cali (Ron Curry) have a different view, he believed that online games are different from stand-alone game, without a classification system for the approval.