News

Deadly Premonition Not Banned, But Still No Aussie Release

Kotaku AU

Rising Star Games has told Kotaku that due to classification concerns they have no plans to release Deadly Premonition in this country.


News

Xbox Horror Game Banned In Australia, Or Is It? [Updated]

Kotaku AU

The Xbox 360 survival horror game Deadly Premonition has been refused classification in Australia, according to the game’s distributor.


February 22, 2010
News

The ITunes App Store Declares War On Titillation

Apple has moved quite comprehensively to ban sex from its iTunes Application store, and while it does clear out some spam applications, some high-selling and even tame ones find themselves caught in the blast.


December 5, 2009

Hey, Stop Blaming The Australian Government/People For “Banning” Games

You know, every time a game is “banned” in Australia, I see people from the US and Europe saying stupid, stupid things. I’d like to try and put a stop to that.


December 4, 2009
News

Here’s Why Aliens Vs Predator Was Refused Classification In Australia

Kotaku AU

Decapitation, dismemberment, locational damage, impalement, eye-gouging and the use of human heads as trophies: that’s why Aliens vs Predator was refused classification in Australia, as we reported this morning.


News

Aliens Vs Predator Refused Classification In Australia

Kotaku AU

Sega may not have bothered to submit upcoming shooter Aliens Vs Predator for classification in Germany. But they did in Australia. And we’ve just heard this morning that those efforts appear in vain.


November 30, 2009
News

Drug Use The Reason For Crimecraft Banning

Kotaku AU

The Classification Board has stated that “drug use related to incentives or rewards” is the reason why gangster-themed MMO Crimecraft has been refused classification in Australia.


News

Crimecraft Refused Classification In Australia

Kotaku AU

You may not have even heard of Crimecraft. But you will know it now. It’s just been banned in Australia.


November 19, 2009
News

Zombie Defence Irrelevant In Left 4 Dead 2 Banning

Kotaku AU

When Left 4 Dead 2 was originally refused classification in Australia, the Classification Board noted the “high impact violence” carried out against “living humans infected with a rabies-like virus”. It sounded like the Board viewed the game’s enemies as human rather than zombies. But apparently that’s not why it was banned.


November 7, 2009
In Real Life

What It’s Like To Live Where Games Are Criminalised

Twenty-six-year-old gamer Guido Núñez-Mujica lives in Venezula, where the government has passed a new law that in effect criminalises video games.