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April 28th, 2008 @ 07:39
According to this New Zealand Herald story, GTA IV will be censored in New Zealand as well as Australia.
We’re a little confused as to why, as the game has received an 18 rating in New Zealand, as opposed to the 15 it got from the OFLC in Australia. For the record, 15 is the maximum a game can be rated in Australia, hence the fact the game has to be cut for release there.
“Everyone’s assuming it is logistics,” a retailer told the newspaper. “It just makes sense for them to send us the Australian version.”
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April 28th, 2008 at 7:46 am
At least someone gets to share our pain, if it’s heavily edited I’ll import it.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:01 am
That really is a bit of a shame.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:11 am
There has recently been some movement in the right direction, the issue of an R18+ rating came up for review & the decision has been differed until they canvas community support (or something along those lines).
The whole thing is just ridiculous, and pisses me off.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:45 am
What’s been cut? Swearing? Blood? Both?
April 29th, 2008 at 1:57 am
One thing I noticed was the hooker “gameplay” has gone back to the car jumping up & down