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=== Overturned ===
=== Overturned ===
The list below includes games where the Australia edition is identical to that of other coutnries because either: the rating has successfully been appealed, the worldwide edition has later been released in Australia unedited ("uncut"), or the game has received a worldwide edit.
The list below includes games where the Australia edition is identical to that of other coutnries because either: the rating has successfully been appealed, the worldwide edition has later been released in Australia unedited ("uncut"), or the game has received a worldwide edit.

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| ''Hell Pie'' (2022)
| 2022-05-04
| Banned through IARC for interactive drug use. Following a review by the [[Australian Classification Review Board]] in August 2022, the games drug use was found to be justified by context, "the depiction of cannabis within the game, although interactive, is not detailed or realistic.", and was subsequently re-classified R18+.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/hell-pie |title=Hell Pie {{!}} Australian Classification |website=Australian Classification |date=4 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825111640/https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/hell-pie |archive-date=25 August 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| ''[[RimWorld|Rimworld]]'' (2018)
| 2022-02-28
| Banned through IARC for drug use related to incentives and rewards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/rimworld |title=RIMWORLD {{!}} Australian Classification |website=Australian Classification |date=20 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301040436/https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/rimworld |archive-date=1 March 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Australian Classification Board]]
* [[Australian Classification Review Board]]
* [[List of banned video games]]
* [[Censorship in Australia]]
* [[Video gaming in Australia]]


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 05:34, 29 March 2023

Below is a list and summary of video games that have been Refused Classification within Australia.

Overview

See also: Censorship in Australia
Main article: Video gaming in Australia

Under Australian law, all media intended for retail display, such as films, must be reviewed by the Australian Classification Board (ACB, formerly, the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) until its dissolution in 2006.) A work deemed too inappropriate by the ACB may be Refused Classification (RC), effectively banning it from being sold at retail, and placing the work on the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service list of prohibited items. Any copies of such works found at the border will be seized,[1] and the recipient, depending on the number of copies being imported, may receive up to A$110,000 in fines.[2]

Originally, video games within Australia were only rated up to the MA15+ rating. At the time, the R18+ classification rating could only be given to films, but a video game with content deemed fitting for the R18+ rating would be classified as "Refused Classification" due to an appropriate classification not being available for the medium.

In July and August 2011, all Australian state Attorneys-General except the New South Wales state Attorney-General agreed to instate an R18+ rating for video games, which would be available by the end of 2011.[3] Many games previously Refused Classification would now fit into the R18+ rating and, if the publisher chose to pay the reclassification fee, would theoretically be able to sell their game in Australia. The date was later changed to allow the rating to be introduced at the beginning of 2013.[4]

With the R18+ rating in place, it is expected fewer video games will be given the Refused Classification rating. Games may still be Refused Classification if deemed to contain material unsuitable for the R18+ classification, such as depictions of sexual violence, the promotion of illegal drug use, drug use that is related to incentives and rewards, and interactive sexual activity involving a person who is, or appears to be, a child under 18 years of age. More specifically, games which may be Refused Classification include:

  • Detailed instruction or promotion in matters of crime or violence.
  • Depictions of rape.
  • The promotion or provision of instruction in paedophile activity.
  • Descriptions or depictions of child sexual abuse or any other exploitative or offensive descriptions or depictions involving a person who is, or appears to be, a child under 18 years.
  • Gratuitous, exploitative or offensive depictions of:
    • (i) violence with a very high degree of impact or which are excessively frequent, prolonged, or detailed;
    • (ii) cruelty or real violence which are very detailed or which have an extremely high degree of impact;
    • (iii) sexual violence;
  • Depictions of practices such as bestiality.
  • Gratuitous, exploitative or offensive depictions of:
    • (i) activity accompanied by fetishes or practices that are offensive or abhorrent;
    • (ii) incest fantasies or other fantasies that are offensive or abhorrent;

Classification is compulsory, and games Refused Classification by the ACB are banned for sale, hire or public exhibition, carrying a maximum fine of $275,000 and/or 10 years in jail. It is, however, legal to possess RC games (except in Western Australia and prescribed areas of the Northern Territory).

The list depicted below is of games that are either still banned, or were initially banned but have been edited exclusively for Australia. Some of these games were banned before the introduction of the R18+ classification rating; if some of these games were to be re-classified today, they would likely receive the R18+ rating. The second list is of games that have been eventually released unedited, rating appealed, or the worldwide edition later being released uncut and being identical to other countries.

Due to the licensing of the International Age Rating Coalition software for developers to rate their own game(s), several hundred games have been banned from various app stores and due to said games being relatively minor they will not be listed here.[5]

List of video games Refused Classification

Current

The list below includes games where the worldwide edition has been banned for sale in Australia because either the game has been Refused Classification or a classification has been revoked. Games in this list with a current classification are available for purchase in a censored or altered form.

Name Original Date of Certification[6] Reason Original Rating Present Rating
Postal 4: No Regerts (2022) YYYY-MM-DD Banned through IARC for high-impact gratuitous violence.[7]
Refused Classification (RC)
Refused Classification (RC)
Refused Classification (RC)
Refused Classification (RC)
Oshi No Love Yori Koi No Love + Love or Die (2022) 2022-05-06 Banned through IARC for interactive sexual activity involving a person who is, or appears to be, a child under 18 years.[8]
Refused Classification (RC)
Refused Classification (RC)
Refused Classification (RC)
Refused Classification (RC)
Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition (2022) 2022-05-04 Banned through IARC for interactive sexual activity involving a person who is, or appears to be, a child under 18 years.[9]


Deathsmiles I & II (2007) 2022-02-28 Banned through IARC for interactive sexual activity involving a person who is, or appears to be, a child under 18 years.[10] Originally released in 2007, following an upcoming special edition release on the Nintendo Switch the game was banned.


' () YYYY-MM-DD Reason.[11]


' () YYYY-MM-DD Reason.[12]


Overturned

The list below includes games where the Australia edition is identical to that of other coutnries because either: the rating has successfully been appealed, the worldwide edition has later been released in Australia unedited ("uncut"), or the game has received a worldwide edit.

Name Original Date of Certification[6] Reason Original Rating Present Rating
Hell Pie (2022) 2022-05-04 Banned through IARC for interactive drug use. Following a review by the Australian Classification Review Board in August 2022, the games drug use was found to be justified by context, "the depiction of cannabis within the game, although interactive, is not detailed or realistic.", and was subsequently re-classified R18+.[13]
Refused Classification (RC)
Refused Classification (RC)
Restricted (R 18+)
Restricted (R 18+)
Rimworld (2018) 2022-02-28 Banned through IARC for drug use related to incentives and rewards.[14]


' () YYYY-MM-DD Reason.[15]


' () YYYY-MM-DD Reason.[16]


' () YYYY-MM-DD Reason.[17]


See also

References

  1. ^ "Import or export objectionable goods | Australian Classification". Australian Classification. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. ^ Kozanecki, James (15 March 2011). "Aussie customs to seize Mortal Kombat imports". Gamespot. Gamespot. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  3. ^ "'Historic agreement' on R18+ video games". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 March 2011. Archived from the original on 22 September 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  4. ^ Lien, Tracey (15 February 2012). "R18+ Scheduled To Kick In January 2013". Kotaku Australia. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  5. ^ Sveen, Benjamin (30 June 2015). "Australia bans 220 video games in 4 months as Government adopts new classification model". ABC News. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Classification Title | Australian Classification". Australian Classification. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  7. ^ "POSTAL 4: No Regerts | Australian Classification". Australian Classification. 21 March 2023. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023.
  8. ^ "推しのラブより恋のラブ＋ラブ・オア・ダイ | Australian Classification". Australian Classification. 25 February 2022. Archived from the original on 8 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition | Australian Classification". Australian Classification. 4 May 2022. Archived from the original on 25 August 2022.
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  13. ^ "Hell Pie | Australian Classification". Australian Classification. 4 May 2022. Archived from the original on 25 August 2022.
  14. ^ "RIMWORLD | Australian Classification". Australian Classification. 20 April 2022. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022.
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