From next week, Australians will need to verify their age to play GTA Online and other R18+ online games
Starting next week, Australians will be required to verify their age to access online games classified as R18+, including Grand Theft Auto Online. Publishers face significant fines if they fail to implement robust age assurance methods, a measure aimed at protecting minors from adult content online.
- Entities
- Company: id Software
- Topic: Regulation
- Person: Julie Inman Grant
- Topic: Online Gaming
- Game: Doom Eternal
- Game: Grand Theft Auto Online
- Company: Rockstar Games
- Topic: Age Verification
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