New AVP game banned in Australia.

[joshuaayt]

Huh. They've really started up hard on the banning thing. That's like three or so, just in my last school term.

 

[Undercover]

Na-na-na-na-na-Nanny Staaaaate...

To quote Marge Simpson: "Call me a killjoy, but I think that because this is not to my taste, no one else should be able to enjoy it!"

Thanks Marge, I think Mr. Atkinson would be proud and couldn't have said it any clearer himself.

When are people like him going to you know, just fuck off and let grown-ups do what they want? IT'S A VIDEO GAME.

Just more asinine bullshit from another useless politician forcing his views on everyone else in order to "Protect the children"

Hey, Mike? There's already people that can do that you know, they're called PARENTS you fucking ineffectual smacktard...

Man, and I'm not even Australian and this pisses me off to no end. All this is going to do is create a black market for AVP, am I right?

 

[Iron Mal]

Here's a question...were the actual Alien and Predator films banned in Australia?

If not then why the hell do we let them pass but this game gets caught up over being 'too violent' (did you not see the detail that went into portraying the pain, suffering and gore in the original chestburster scene?).

 

[DalekJaas]

GAY! ARGH RAGE! I wanted this game! No! Australia, such a laid back country except when it comes to games. That dipsh*t ****** Michael Atkinson should stand down. ARGH!

 

[Sonicron]

Show of hands: Who is actually surprised?

 

[Iron Mal]

I don't see why they are trying to shield us from losing our innocence.

This point exactly, we're big boys and girls now (I'm sure most of us have seen a willy and a spurt of blood by now, not together obviously but you get my point).

Oh and Michael? You KILLED L4D2!

Now the blood is on his hands! (or it would be if they let any actual gore into the damn game)

 

[CLEVERSLEAZOID]

I could see it coming. I just feel extremely bad for all the Australian gamers. Since completing my management course I was thinking about moving abroad, and Australia was one of the no.1 choices. Until this bullshit started happening.

I'd like to move there, but I wouldn't want to lose my status as an Adult who is capable of making my own decisions on how to entertain myself.

 

[Outofideas]

Allow me to formally extend the hand of welcome to any Aussie who ragequits their country and comes to the states. We have lots of room and the girls love the down-under accent!

 

[Acaroid]

'In the '80s-era action film Predator, Austrian beefcake and now California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger famously quipped, "If it bleeds, we can kill it." Well it seems Australia's Classification Board didn't like the amount of bleeding present in Sega's upcoming Aliens vs. Predator reboot for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, killing the game down under by refusing it classification (effectively banning the game for sale).

The latest banning comes in the same week that the massively multiplayer online game CrimeCraft was refused classification for showing positive effects from in-game drug use. In Aliens vs. Predator's case, however, it seems violence was the key offender, with a Classification Board spokesperson confirming to GameSpot AU that the game's bloody content was to blame.

Sega Australia has confirmed the banning and has not ruled out appealing the decision. "SEGA Australia can today confirm that the initial submission of Aliens vs Predator has been refused classification by the Classification Operations Board of Australia. We will continue to investigate all options available to us, including the possibility of appeal," the company said in an e-mailed statement.

An appeal could be the only way Aliens vs. Predator will make it into Australia, if press reports last month are anything to go by. According to sites such as Game Informer, Sega Europe has already decided not to tone down the violence in the game in order to get it past German censors. In previous game bans in Australia, some developers have opted to make changes to their games in order to pass the classification process, with the most recent example being the toned-down version of Left 4 Dead 2 that Valve was forced to release down under when the original, unedited version was banned.

GameSpot AU has requested a full copy of the board's decision but had not received it at the time of publication. Keep it locked to GameSpot for further updates.

UPDATE: The Classification Board has now released its official ruling to GameSpot AU, and it seems it was indeed Aliens vs. Predator's high-impact violence which caused it to be banned.

"The game contains first-person perspective, close-up depictions of human characters being subjected to various types of violence, including explicit decapitation and dismemberment as well as locational damage such as stabbing through the chest, mouth, throat, or eyes," the board report stated.

"Characters can be stabbed with a Predator's wrist blade or an Alien's tail in depictions reminiscent of impalement. The Predator collects 'trophies' by explicitly ripping off human heads, their spinal columns dangling from severed necks. Heads can be twisted completely around in order to break a character's neck. Eyes can be stabbed through or gouged, leaving empty, bloodied eye sockets.

"It is noted that a player is able to combine manoeuvres together in quick succession, which further increases impact; for example, a Predator can stab a character through both eyes with its wrist blade and rip off their head, with spinal column still attached. Extensive post-mortem damage, including decapitation and dismemberment, is also possible." '

Source: http://au.gamespot.com/news/6241970.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1

Seriously, the classification board is wildly inconsistent and the Michael Atkinson **** should just fuck off and let us have our R rating.

discuss.

This is getting Fing STUPID...... GIVE US OUR R RATING SYSTEM ALREADY!!!

back to screwing around with steam to get un-sensored games.

 

[The Austin]

Uhhh...... I feel really bad for you Ausies because I personally REALLLLYYY want this game.

 

[linda74]

A Board that hates games???? Where does it say that? Your quote from what I presume is their report sounds factual and descriptive - why would you try to make that into something personal??? It's the legislation youu should be attacking, not the report!

 

[The_Healer]

No I was not interested in this game in the slightest.

But that is not the point!

I'm sick of this shit and, as a uni student, should definitely waste time protesting!

Who's with me?