Did anything else happen in gaming last month other than Grand Theft Auto IV? Going over our original posts, it’s hard to believe otherwise.
But believe we will.
Firstly, Mario Kart Wii debuted, along with its rather pricey plastic wheel “controller”. Plans were made to bring a modified Dark Sector to our shores. Except those plans didn’t work out. We put together a list of options on how to fight for an R18+ rating for video games, and some dude’s girlfriend made us laugh while she tried to play Team Fortress 2.
As for GTA IV? *Deep breath* New Zealand got our edited version, confirmed by the NZ OFLC and a retailer; we got our hands on the Oz OFLC report; the street date was broken; Sony announced a PS3 bundle with the game; NZ was eligible for a Social Club comp, but Australia wasn’t; everyone shared details of where they were importing GTA IV from and finally, we heard rumour upon rumour regarding the removed content in our version of GTA IV.
And that, friends, was April.
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Rockstar Confirms GTA IV Region Locked?
GTA IV Australian Street Date Broken
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Australian Playstation 3 GTA IV Bundle Confirmed
Xbox Arcade + GTA IV + Halo 3 Bundle Coming to Australia May 2
Mario Kart Wii Delayed in New Zealand
New Zealand Eligible for Rockstar Competition, But Not Australia
Guess What We Didn’t Find in the OFLC Board Report For GTA IV?
New Zealand OFLC Confirms Its GTA IV Same As Australia’s
Rumour: Here’s What Rockstar Removed From Australian/NZ GTA IV
Retailer Confirms: NZ GTA IV Same As Australian Version
Tell Us Where You’ll Be Buying GTA IV
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Rockstar Speaks On Australia GTA IV Edits, R18+ Classification
The Australian Attempts Criticism of R18+ Classification for Video Games
R18+ Classification & Video Games: What You Can Do
GTA IV Bus Roams Sydney, Gangsters Strangely Absent
Girlfriend Plays Team Fortress 2 For The First Time, Apologises For Owning
Australia Will Get Toned Down Dark Sector, Based On Japanese Build
Mario Kart Wii Wheel Will Be $19.95 In Oz, Confirmed By Nintendo
DONAR
May 6, 2008 at 5:18 PM
For anyone that needs to know, if you have an Aussie 360 console (PAL)and buy a R copy of GTA IV from the UK (also PAL)?
Not only does it work perfectly (so much for the region lock rumor) but your game saves will still be 100% compatible.
Unfortunately, the radio stations still seem to suck.
Report Permalinkvauxhall
May 6, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Donar: It is region locked. It’s just that we’re in the same region as the UK.
Anyway, why have you cut a whole state off that map?
Report PermalinkRowr
May 7, 2008 at 12:48 AM
I own that uk version now. Just came from ebay, took a week but i have it, in the meantime i have been playing an Aus video ezy copy.
So has anyone figured what the hell was taken out?
I noticed in a mission i did today that there were blood pools from bodies and also niko had blood stain his shirt when shot, I never noticed this before. But maybe i just never noticed this before, It did stand out to me though.
Report PermalinkBig Nick
May 7, 2008 at 12:55 AM
Logan,
Are you aware that the AU tag doesn’t seem to be working since 23/4? I usually scan the US site throughout the day and then do an AU tag-filter at the end of the day, but the AU-tag filter hasn’t picked anything up since before ANZAC Day.
Report PermalinkRetort
May 7, 2008 at 9:10 AM
I’m guessing R* never told us what was cut from our version of gta?
drinking driving made it thru. constant swearing and blood shed made it thru.
i heard it was a torture cut scene or something?
Report PermalinkLogan Booker
May 7, 2008 at 12:04 PM
@Big Nick: Not sure why it’s not working for you Big Nick. Haven’t had any other complaints, and it’s working fine for me.
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