Atari, the distributor for Konami games in Australia, has stated (via GameSpot) that Silent Hill: Homecoming won't be coming to the land down under. The game has been refused classification by the OFLC, making it illegal to sell the game in stores. At earliest, the title is expected to arrive "next year" while Konami decides whether to edit the game for the region.
Fallout 3, which was also refused classification in Aussieland, endured minor edits so it could be sold in the country -- and those edits poured over to other regions. That will apparently not be the case for Silent Hill: Homecoming, which is still due to arrive everywhere else this year.
[Via Game Politics]
Reader Comments (13)
Posted: Sep 26th 2008 1:17PM (Unverified) said
Canada does not have less censoring than the US. You have different broadcast and media standards, not 'less censoring'. Censorship doesn't even happen anymore, you just get restricted out of the market you want for inappropriate content.
How's your igloo?
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How's your igloo?
Posted: Sep 26th 2008 2:57PM (Unverified) said
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS BULLSHIT?! Are the people over at the OFLC getting more stupid or are they doing this out of spite or what?
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Posted: Sep 26th 2008 4:53PM LaughingTarget said
American friends + UPS + "Gift" written on the box = Fuck You, OFLC.
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Posted: Sep 27th 2008 6:43AM (Unverified) said
Sucks to be an Australian Game Retailer.
Any gamer with a credit card knows what to do.
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Any gamer with a credit card knows what to do.
Posted: Oct 10th 2008 2:00PM (Unverified) said
yer bud i wish mate anyone with a credit card know what to do, i thought the same thing so i purchased them from play asia, and guess what yep i didn't recieve them cos they are banned in australia, so now i will hopefully be able to state my case cos i love silent hill more than any resident evil game, i hope they let me keep my games as i payed a bit of money for them
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