GTA3 Has been banned in Australia

I can\'t beleive this the games been on sale here for about a month now and they turn around overnight and ban it WTF. Hope the other aussies on this board get this game now if u had been waiting to buy it at some later date.

Here`s some links to the info
Ausgamers   http://www.ausgamers.com.au/
Office of Film & Literature Classification   http://203.41.245.34/boss/public/viewProd.asp?db_id=176806
The RC for classification stands for Refused Classification

Looks like I better buy my copy from EB tommorrow ASAP.

That really sucks.

You can always get it from the UK. Our PAL should work with your PAL right ?

Originally posted by RichG
That really sucks.

You can always get it from the UK. Our PAL should work with your PAL right ?

thats right. They\'ll have to bann it in the UK and all of europe to completely prevent anyone from playing this game. Plus so many copies were already sold and its pointless now.

That sucks. Im glad I live in the good ol\' US of A, where what happens in the game is like traditional in real life.

Although, they do card for the game, you have to be 17. lol
some stores yanked it off their shelves also... blah, pussies.

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I can\'t say that i\'m suprised. They have no right to ban this game. If they have a problem about the violence, rate the game Adult. Banning of games should be banned. I hate when the government does this

I find it unfair though that they ban a game Australia, and no where else.

I mean, why do Aussies have to be disadvantaged because we live in Australia, and some idiot at the Film and Video Classifaction Centre couldn\'t get it right.

It sucks.

They need to bring back the adult rating system in videogames in Australia, the highest here is MA15+

The problem with us importing from UK, is that some Aussie games are different from that found in UK, not to do with region or anything, but things like packaging etc.

ITs also expensive...

Hehe  I\'ve sold some copys on ebay.   Get your copys soon!!  Don\'t miss out on this game.  

What the hell is wrong with Australia. When did they come under communist rule.

There is a big fat M on the side. Are they saying that those over 18 are not old enough to determine their entertainment and distingui**** from the real world

I would challenge the government over these issues or they will only further supress and decide what you are allowed to view and do

This has to be one of the dumbest thing as it\'s already on release for a couple of months now!  Maybe they just collapsed under pressure from the anti-gaming group!

Yeah, its stupid because its been out for like 2-3 months.

And Australia is supposed to be the land of the free (according to those stupid republican ads).

Yeah, were free to go to legal brothels, buy porn at adult shops and choose any religion we like, yet we arent allowed to play a videogame which is no worse then any MA movie thats out at the moment.

The classification is a joke in Australia.

Remember Kingpin - That was given headlines on its excessive violence. Recruitment of Gangs and Murders, yet it is still on Australian Shelves.

If this is the case and games continue to get banned here, import from Europe.

I remember when I lived in Germany and the Germans banned Perfect Dark, it was nutz. Germans sell cigarrettes to 13 year olds (no joke, I bought them), yet, they don\'t let people play a mild FPS, with which I think is little violence.

Censorship BAD.  Freedom GOOD.

Nate looks like the next edition to the Spam Clan.

Censorship is bullcrap though. It just makes people work harder for something their gonna get anyways.