The Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification has forced Rockstar to produce an edited version of Grand Theft Auto IV, in order for it to get an Australian release.
As reported by The Sydney Morning Herald, in order to obtain an MA15+ rating down under, the GTA developers were forced to remove material that was deemed too much for release.
The MA15+ rating is the highest classification certificate available in the country.
A spokesperson for Rockstar confirmed yesterday that the company did produce a special version in order to comply with Australian law, but declined to reveal what had been cut. We're pretty sure the internet will be all over that once the game is release.
So far, the game has received an 18 rating in Britain, New Zealand and Germany, and a M17+ in America.
I'm guessing here, but I reckon that with a 15 tag the only thing that'll need cut is showing drug use. I understand there's not going to be any real sexual content to speak of and the violence and swearing would only get a 15+ anyway.
And my girlfriend watches Neighbours. It's weird seing it with commercials in
Where are all the Aussie developers anyway? A Mad Max game needs to be made, with plenty of gore and adult content! (Off topic, i know, but had to be said!) Or if thats too much for them how about "The Adventures of Skippy the Kangaroo"!
Where are all the Aussie developers anyway? A Mad Max game needs to be made, with plenty of gore and adult content! (Off topic, i know, but had to be said!) Or if thats too much for them how about "The Adventures of Skippy the Kangaroo"!
A Prisoner Cell Block H game would be good, all them butch Aussie women in a Bully/Condemned 1st person lezz off.
Phew, thought this was UK version for a second. But sucks to be Australian (in respect to GTA IV, not in general ).
And on the subject of Neighbours. I was in Prague a couple of weeks ago and met an Australian guy. I asked him if he thought Neighbours had gone downhill since the move to Channel 5 (it now has borders and it's grainy and I swear the acting sucks now) - to much laughter - but he said that nobody in Australia liked Neighbours. I was shocked, to say the least!
What about a Neighbours game. A GTA style sandbox adventure set in Erinborough. You take the role of Karl Kennedy initially doing small jobs for Harold and the Salvation Army or Erinsborough High. The game could climax with a stand off between Karl and Paul Robinson on the Roof the hospital.. er.. while it's on fire or something. The concept probably needs more thought but I'd buy it defo.
What about a Neighbours game. A GTA style sandbox adventure set in Erinborough. You take the role of Karl Kennedy initially doing small jobs for Harold and the Salvation Army or Erinsborough High. The game could climax with a stand off between Karl and Paul Robinson on the Roof the hospital.. er.. while it's on fire or something. The concept probably needs more thought but I'd buy it defo.
YERR!!!... OR!... it could be a Dead rising style game where everyone except Joe Mangle has become a zombie & you have to use gardening tools to hack Harold's head off & you can drive round on his lawnmower carving up a rabid bouncer!! &, &, &!!......Whoo head rush...sorry....drank waaaaaay too much sambuca last night...
What about a Neighbours game. A GTA style sandbox adventure set in Erinborough. You take the role of Karl Kennedy initially doing small jobs for Harold and the Salvation Army or Erinsborough High. The game could climax with a stand off between Karl and Paul Robinson on the Roof the hospital.. er.. while it's on fire or something. The concept probably needs more thought but I'd buy it defo.
YERR!!!... OR!... it could be a Dead rising style game where everyone except Joe Mangle has become a zombie & you have to use gardening tools to hack Harold's head off & you can drive round on his lawnmower carving up a rabid bouncer!! &, &, &!!......Whoo head rush...sorry....drank waaaaaay too much sambuca last night...
I think your well onto something special there my friend. As long as EA don't get the license it's happy days.
What about a Neighbours game. A GTA style sandbox adventure set in Erinborough. You take the role of Karl Kennedy initially doing small jobs for Harold and the Salvation Army or Erinsborough High. The game could climax with a stand off between Karl and Paul Robinson on the Roof the hospital.. er.. while it's on fire or something. The concept probably needs more thought but I'd buy it defo.
YERR!!!... OR!... it could be a Dead rising style game where everyone except Joe Mangle has become a zombie & you have to use gardening tools to hack Harold's head off & you can drive round on his lawnmower carving up a rabid bouncer!! &, &, &!!......Whoo head rush...sorry....drank waaaaaay too much sambuca last night...
I think your well onto something special there my friend. As long as EA don't get the license it's happy days.
Really!... ummm.... *rubs his chin in a manly fashion*..... i'll get to the drawing board.
What about a Neighbours game. A GTA style sandbox adventure set in Erinborough. You take the role of Karl Kennedy initially doing small jobs for Harold and the Salvation Army or Erinsborough High. The game could climax with a stand off between Karl and Paul Robinson on the Roof the hospital.. er.. while it's on fire or something. The concept probably needs more thought but I'd buy it defo.
YERR!!!... OR!... it could be a Dead rising style game where everyone except Joe Mangle has become a zombie & you have to use gardening tools to hack Harold's head off & you can drive round on his lawnmower carving up a rabid bouncer!! &, &, &!!......Whoo head rush...sorry....drank waaaaaay too much sambuca last night...
I think your well onto something special there my friend. As long as EA don't get the license it's happy days.
There were Neighbours computer games on Speccy in the 1980s Seriously!
How hard can it be to have an 18+ rated certificate for these types of situations?! They know full well what a GTA game is all about, they should start using the 18+ certificate for these games alone.
cant believe they make them censor this in australia, cos if you compare it to wolf creek (which is an australian horror film) its nowhere near as nasty or violent...... double standards bowing down to media pressure.... shallow t**ts.
The only thing cut from previous GTA games was being able to have sex with prostitutes. That's most likely the only thing that will be removed, due to the fact that killing them after using their services is considered sexual violence by the rating board, which is a big no no. Condemned 2 is far more violent and gory, so I doubt any general violence will be cut. And with Mass Effect's sexual scenes being allowed and the detail of the MA15+ rating for GTA IV already specifying drug and sexual references, things of that nature are obviously not going to be cut.
In general, I think it stinks that we have to put up with censorship because of a lack of an R rating, but even if we had an R rating here sexual violence would still not be allowed. I'll definitely import if I find out they've removed entire missions or other signifigant content. Otherwise, I'm not bothered.
Apparently most things in Oz with more than 2 legs can kill you. The Sydney Funnel Web spider for example, what makes it espically lethal though is the fact it is rather agressive. Even more so if you mention rugby to it..
I wonder i fmy GT5p update has download yet, failed the first time.
Apparently most things in Oz with more than 2 legs can kill you. The Sydney Funnel Web spider for example, what makes it espically lethal though is the fact it is rather agressive. Even more so if you mention rugby to it..
I wonder i fmy GT5p update has download yet, failed the first time.
I'd give GT5P a good 3-6 weeks to install, took bloody ages on mine! Worth it though
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