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Left 4 Dead 2 banned in Australia [Update]


Oh boy. Here we go again. The government of Australia has elected to ban yet another high profile upcoming game from being sold in that country. According to Kotaku Australia, the country's Classification Board has decided not to give Valve's upcoming zombie co-op shooter Left 4 Dead 2.

So far there's no word on why the game was banned. The original game, which came out a year ago, managed to get an MA15+ rating from the board. As we have mentioned many, many times before Australia does not have a rating higher than that which means any game with truly adult content cannot be sold there. Many games that were banned were later allowed to be sold after edits were made to their content. At the moment there's no word on what Valve and its publishing partner Electronic Arts plan to do about this situation.

Update: According to News.com.au it's the sequel's new melee weapons that have caused the game to be denied a rating with the classification board saying the new weapons "cause copious amounts of blood spray and splatter, decapitations and limb dismemberment" to the zombies.

Gallery: Left 4 Dead 2


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