The absurd monthlong standoff down under has at last been resolved: Saints Row IV has been granted classification…
This is Boo. Earlier in the month Boo went to her first ever PAX, in Melbourne, Australia. Boo spent the weekend as…
Our Australian comrades report that after being re-submitted for classification, Saints Row IV has again been refused classification by the Australian Review Board. No decision has been made about the game's "safe" low-violence version yet. Read more
On July 29, the Australian Classification Board will sit down to have another look at and possibly re-classify Saints Row IV, for which they refused classification last month—a decision which effectively banned the game in Australia. This follows the recent appearance of a low-violence version of the game on Steam. Read more

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In the wake of Saints Row IV's "ban" in Australia, a "Low Violence Version" of the game has appeared on Steam.
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If you've never seen The IT Crowd, I feel bad for you, son. I also suggest you watch this.
“The first interesting event is five minutes 46 seconds in. Someone says the word 'bastard' so straightaway the game has gone to a 12 certificate in my mind.” In the wake of Australia’s ban of Saints Row IV, The Guardian looks at how games get their ratings in Great Britain. Read more
Another game, State of Decay, has been refused classification (read: banned) in Australia. It's the second in two days, and comes despite the country finally getting an adults-only rating last year. Read more
Yesterday news broke that Saints Row IV had been refused classification by the Australian Classification Board, and…
Saints Row IV has been "banned" (or to be more precise refused classification, which is as good as a ban) in…
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Get a good look at that clip up top, Australians, because you won't be seeing it on your TV screens ever again.

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