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Banned
Forgive me if this seems redundant; I originally posted this news in the old localization announcement thread from couple months ago, but after some consideration I felt it was important enough to receive its own thread as the idea of banning games is of greater importance than those people would would have interest in the game itself in my opinion.
The game "Omega Labyrinth Z" has been banned from sale in Australia.
Details of its banning can be found here:
The reason given is:
Note that this banning doesn't ban one from owning the game, but just sellers from selling it there.
The game "Omega Labyrinth Z" has been banned from sale in Australia.
Details of its banning can be found here:
The reason given is:
One of PQube's previous games, Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhunhi , suffered a similar fate, making this the 2nd game by PQube to be banned from sale there. Its also worth noting that another game by them, Gal Gun: Double Peace, was pulled from sale at EB Games there previously.Australian Ratings Board said:Reason: Games 1(a)&(b)The computer game is classified RC in accordance with the National Classification Code, Computer Games Table, 1. (a) as computer games that "depict, express or otherwise deal with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in such a way that they offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that they should not be classified," and (b) "describe or depict in a way that is likely to cause offence to a reasonable adult, a person who is, or appears to be, a child under 18 (whether the person is engaged in sexual activity or not)."
Note that this banning doesn't ban one from owning the game, but just sellers from selling it there.