MadWorld somehow makes it into Australia unscathed

We were afraid that Platinum Games' brutal black-and-white action game MadWorld would just be too violent for Australia's OFLC ratings board, and that the organization would force Platinum and Sega to bowdlerize the game -- or worse, they'd bar a release. But it turns out that despite the organization's history of harsh treatment of "mature" games, our fears were unfounded. The OFLC's rating for MadWorld is available in their database, meaning that the game has been given the okay for release.

Surprisingly, it's been rated 15+, which is even less stringent than the BBFC's rating! Thankfully, the database identifies the game as "original," meaning no edits were made to achieve the 15+ rating!



[Thanks, Foetoid!]