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The Australian arm of games retailer EB Games has issued an apology for a Grand Theft Auto V display in one of its stores that used sherbert as fake cocaine. "Regrettably, one of our EB Games store locations in Queensland set-up an unauthorised display within the store in support of …
Read More »Whore of the Orient comes under political attack, accused of racism
Having already endured a troubled development, KMM’s Whore of the Orient has hit fresh controversy. The Age reports that Australian City of Monash councillor Jieh-Yung Lo has labelled the game as an attempt to disgrace Chinese culture, history and traditions”, adding that: It’s the use of the word ‘Orient’, more …
Read More »Kickstarter heading to Australia and New Zealand
Crowdfunding firm to hold two events in Sydney and Melbourne for developers looking to use site
Read More »Saints Row IV finally granted Australian release
An edited version of Saint’s Row IV has been passed by the Classification Board at the third time of asking "Deep Silver and AIE are pleased to report that the Australian Classification Board has now approved Saints Row IV for sale," a statement from Deep Silver said. "They have granted …
Read More »UPDATED: Saints Row IV refused Australian classification for a second time
Deep Silver’s Saints Row IV has once again been blocked from release in Australia. A three-member panel of the Classification Review Board has unanimously determined that the computer game Saints Row IV is classified Refused Classification,” a new statement from the Australian Classification Board confirmed. In the Review Board’s opinion, …
Read More »EB Games Australia denies Wii U Basic recall
The future of the Basic model of Wii U was further questioned when reports suggested Australian retailer EB Games would be recalling the SKU. Sources told Vooks that the specialist was pulling the console from shelves, but the site has since received a statement denying that this is the case. …
Read More »Now State of Decay suffers Australian ban
A second game has succumbed to Australia’s Classification system. Xbox Live hit State of Decay has been refused classification by the Australian Classification Board. We’ve run afoul of certain prohibitions regarding the depiction of drug use,” the game’s developer Undead Labs revealed on its forums. We’re working with Microsoft to …
Read More »It was the alien anal probe what dunnit
The Australian Classification Board has revealed the reasons behind its decision to ban Saints Row IV. The amusing reality was that the governing body was uncomfortable with the game’s inclusion of an Alien Anal Probe. The game includes a weapon referred to by the Applicant as an ‘Alien Anal Probe’,” …
Read More »Saints Row IV banned in Australia
Game becomes first denied classification since new 18+ category over 'implied sexual violence'
Read More »Saints Row 4 banned in Australia
Deep Silver’s Saints Row 4 has become the first game to be banned in Australia since the introduction of new classification guidelines. In January the Australian government overhauled its rating system, introducing a new R18+ tier for the first time that was supposed to allow mature games a route to …
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