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Australia bans the following:

7 Sins    Banned because of high impact of loveual references.
50 Cent: Bulletproof    Banned because of high impact violence and cruelty.[3] A censored version was later released.[citation needed]
Blitz: The League    Banned because of drug use.
BMX XXX    Banned because of loveuality and nudity in relation to incentives and rewards.[4] A censored version was later released.[citation needed]
Dark Sector    Banned because of high impact violence. A censored version was later released.
Dreamweb    Banned because of a scene of loveualized violence. However, the game was censored, and re-released with an M15+ rating in 1996 for "Medium level animated violence."[5]
Fallout 3    Banned because of in-game drug use. Edited world wide due to the insignificant change that was done. Therefore Australia got the same version as other countries with a MA15+.
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin    Banned because of high impact violence, Warner bros. interactive later appealed the decision and received an MA15+.
The Getaway    Original released uncut, more content was found that was deemed too much for the MA15+ rating. A censored version was later released.
Grand Theft Auto III    Banned because of loveual violence. A censored version was later released. PC version was released uncut.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas    Had its classification revoked following the Hot Coffee controversy and loveual violence. A censored version has since been classified MA15+.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City    Pre-Censored before submission because of loveual violence. PC version was released uncut.
Grand Theft Auto IV    Pre-censored before submission because of loveual violence. An uncut version was later released for the PC. A patch was later released to completely uncensor the PS3 version Of the game. The Xbox 360 version has not received the patch, As it came with The Lost And Damned.
Left 4 Dead 2    Refused classification as it failed to gain a MA15+ rating. An edited version with some gore taken out has been released.[6]
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude    Banned because of loveuality and nudity in relation to incentives and rewards.
Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure    Banned because of high impact violence and the glorification of graffiti.
Manhunt    Was available for a while but later banned because of high impact scary violence and cruelty.
Manhunt 2    Banned because of high impact scary violence and cruelty.
NARC (2005 update)    Banned because of high impact violence and illegal drug use.
Postal 2    Banned because of gross, abhorrent content (urination, high impact violence, animal cruelty, family values, etc.)
Phantasmagoria    Banned because of high impact violence, cruelty, and a scene of loveual violence involving rape.
Reservoir Dogs    Banned because of high impact violence and cruelty.
Risen    Banned because of loveual activity and drug use related to incentives or rewards.
Rule of Rose    Banned because of high impact violence and cruelty.
lovey Poker    Banned from being released on WiiWare due to nudity used an incentive. This is currently the only banned WiiWare game.
Shellshock: Nam '67    Banned because of high impact violence; however, it was re-rated MA15+ by the Classification Review Board in its uncut form, upon appeal.
Shellshock 2: Blood Trails    Banned because of high impact violence.
Silent Hill: Homecoming    Banned because of High impact violence such as: Drilling into body parts. Konami has since modified the game to meet MA15+ guidelines.
Singles: Flirt Up Your Life    Banned because of loveuality and nudity in relation to incentives and rewards.
Soldier of Fortune: Payback    Banned because of high impact violence. Activision has since modified the game to meet MA15+ guidelines.
Tender Loving Care    Banned because of high impact violence; however. It was however submitted for rerating and has since been re-rated MA15+.
The Punisher    Banned because of high impact violence. Edited worldwide and this edition was passed through with an MA15+. Australia got the same version as America.
Voyeur    Banned because of a scene of explicit loveual dialogue.

The Australian government has gone out of the people's control with banning video games. They even banned the famous Nerf Gun brand calling all of their toys, 'weapons.'
« Last Edit: November 19, 2009, 12:18:59 PM by Spindle »

There's more to the list, but you get the point.

Lol'd
Australlia be funnay



Spindle, you will make a hell of a member.
Welcome to the forums.


Congratulations, you can copy from wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_video_games#Australia


Lolnvm
« Last Edit: November 19, 2009, 06:42:00 AM by Deep2 »




good ol US. can watch and play and listen to anything

oh no, i dotn get to play leisure suit larry or BMXXX
they need to introduce an R18+ rating.

Good god...luckily I don't live in austrailia.


china blocks facebook,myspace and so on lol

They even banned the famous Nerf Gun brand calling all of their toys, 'weapons.'
Well then, I'm screwed.

urination
What? That's a basic body function, they're just being tards now.