It is now officially a record year in Australia for the number of games that have been refused classification by that country's ratings board. Aliens Vs Predator, the upcoming first person shooter from developer Rebellion and publisher Sega, has now become the sixth game to not receive a rating from the country's Classification Board, which means the game cannot be sold or displayed in Australia. It's likely that the violent content in the game was the reason for the decision.

Just a few days ago, the free-to-play FPS CrimeCraft was also refused a rating in Australia for its drug references. Three other games that were banned (Necrovision, Left 4 Dead 2 and the WiiWare game Sexy Poker) have since been given a rating by the country's classification board after edits were made to each title. One other game, the RPG title Risen, has not yet provided an edited version and as such remains banned for sale in that country.

[Via Kotaku]