Half-Life 2 rated R16

[KaneH]

The New Zealand Office of Film and Literature Classification today rated the highly anticipated first-person shooter Half-Life 2 in preparation for the game's release next week. As expected, the OFLC restricted the game to players aged 16 years and over.
The official rating is R16 with the note \"contains violence and horror scenes.\" The rating means it is illegal for players under the age of 16 to play the game or view the game being played, and retailers cannot sell the game to players under that age.

Half-Life 2 is set to be the biggest PC release of 2004, but eager gamers expecting a midnight launch celebration and media event to rival those for Halo 2 earlier this week and Grand Theft Auto San Andreas last week had their hopes dashed when the local distributor announced that retailers in New Zealand will not be allowed to sell the game until 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 17th November.

Gameplanet Store is shipping pre-orders on 16th November so players who order in advance will get their copies on the Wednesday morning, along with an exclusive, free Half-Life 2 beanie.
im assuming NZ and AUS are the same

Source: http://www.cstrike.co.nz/

[coogle]

Yeah, it'll probably be M15+ they had a move recently to rate games the same as the movies so parent's would have a better idea on ratings.

[Dezza Bot]

It's already been rated here to be MA15+
That was a few weeks ago, I dont have the linky anymore tho

[General Fuct]

Yeah its MA15+ I spoke to the Sales Rep from Venvidi about it. We get it 2 days early at work :grin: but arn't allowed to sell it until the official "midnight" release :cry:

[James]

probably cause even if you sold it people wouldnt be able to use it until its activated on steam anyway, and you'd have people returning the game saying it doesnt work or sumthin