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The Australian Classification Board reaffirmed the ban on Saints Row 4, a three-person panel unanimously refusing the game classification in its re-review of the original decision. Drugs were again the cause of consternation for the ACB, who said Volition's over-the-top sandbox game couldn't attain the recently introduced R18+ rating and as such be sold in the country because "drug use related to incentives and rewards is not permitted."
Saints Row 4 is expected to launch in Australia on August 23, the Steam page listing a "Low Violence" (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/02/saints-row-4-low-violence-version-pops-up-on-steam-australia/) version; publisher Deep Silver told us in June it had plans to submit a reworked version of the game for the territory. The decision passed today, the ACB clarified (https://twitter.com/AusVGClass/status/361739104402157568), is on the "unedited" version of the game. We've reached out to Deep Silver for comment.
On January 1 (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/18/australia-finally-passes-r18-rating-for-games/), Australia passed the much-lobbied-for law permitting games for audiences over the age of 15 to be bought in the country, these games carrying a R18+ rating. Many games have since earned the rating, including Ninja Gaiden 3 and Dead Island: Riptide, but in June (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/25/saints-row-4-refused-classification-in-australia-volition-rewo/) Saints Row 4 became the first game to be refused classification since the law's introduction. It was soon followed by XBLA hit State of Decay (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/26/state-of-decay-refused-aussie-classification-saints-row-4-ban-d/), although unlike Saints Row 4 that game has since been rated R18+.http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.joystiq.com)Saints Row 4 denied Australian classification in re-review (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/29/saints-row-4-denied-classification-in-australia-again/) originally appeared on Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com) on Mon, 29 Jul 2013 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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The Australian Classification Board reaffirmed the ban on Saints Row 4, a three-person panel unanimously refusing the game classification in its re-review of the original decision. Drugs were again the cause of consternation for the ACB, who said Volition's over-the-top sandbox game couldn't attain the recently introduced R18+ rating and as such be sold in the country because "drug use related to incentives and rewards is not permitted."
Saints Row 4 is expected to launch in Australia on August 23, the Steam page listing a "Low Violence" (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/02/saints-row-4-low-violence-version-pops-up-on-steam-australia/) version; publisher Deep Silver told us in June it had plans to submit a reworked version of the game for the territory. The decision passed today, the ACB clarified (https://twitter.com/AusVGClass/status/361739104402157568), is on the "unedited" version of the game. We've reached out to Deep Silver for comment.
On January 1 (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/18/australia-finally-passes-r18-rating-for-games/), Australia passed the much-lobbied-for law permitting games for audiences over the age of 15 to be bought in the country, these games carrying a R18+ rating. Many games have since earned the rating, including Ninja Gaiden 3 and Dead Island: Riptide, but in June (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/25/saints-row-4-refused-classification-in-australia-volition-rewo/) Saints Row 4 became the first game to be refused classification since the law's introduction. It was soon followed by XBLA hit State of Decay (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/26/state-of-decay-refused-aussie-classification-saints-row-4-ban-d/), although unlike Saints Row 4 that game has since been rated R18+.http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.joystiq.com)Saints Row 4 denied Australian classification in re-review (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/29/saints-row-4-denied-classification-in-australia-again/) originally appeared on Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com) on Mon, 29 Jul 2013 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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