On the 17th of December, Australia's brilliant video game classification board has refused an MA15+ classification to Valve's Left 4 Dead 2, effectively meaning that the game will be unavailable for purchase in Australia. The first game in the series (Left 4 Dead, obviously) won heeeeaps of awards and topped countless end-of-year lists last year.
Anyway, as Kev Rudd's government have been too lazy to lift a finger and pass a bill allowing R18+ games, the highest allowable rating is MA15+. And, as the ratings board claimed that L4D2 was not MA15+, the came cannot be sold in Australia. Rudd, L4D2 will be one of this years top-selling games, if not number 1. Pull your finger out and give us our game.
I've emailed Valve to see what their stance on this whole situation is - even a bulk email sent to everyone else who asked will satisfy me, I just want to know whether they're going to censor it for Australia, if American releases will work, and whether they will cooperate with our government and block it on Steam and block American copies.
Matt
Now listening to "Stunt" (1998) by Barenaked Ladies
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