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Most Surprising Game to Make it Past Aussie Censors

Another game banned in Australia? Is that even news anymore? Sadly, the home of Mad Max, AC/DC, and Wolverine (or Hugh Jackman, anyway) is now better known for its draconian game censorship policy. But for every game that gets refused classification Down Under, many more manage to make it past the censors with what seems like a similar--if not the same--type of "questionable" content. Since Left 4 Dead 2 and Aliens vs. Predator were banned in 2009, which one of the games below was the most surprising game to make it past Australia's Classification Board?

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184 Comments

  • tmaclabi

    Posted Dec 30, 2009 11:32 pm PT

    COD!

  • neosunny

    Posted Dec 28, 2009 4:17 pm PT

    I ve been Aussie for quite some years, Madworld surely crossed the line of the censor, and that's what suprise means

  • Kainkillers

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 12:34 pm PT

    dude, you have to see madworld story, even people which is not involved on the fights are dead by our hands, and you feel the pain jajaja

  • Revolu7i9n

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 12:32 pm PT

    alright, cutting people in half is really not a huge deal.. it's not a common national debate.

    haha terrorism on the other hand... wow. hats off to CoD:MWII

  • AnelZukic

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 9:34 am PT

    I gave my vote to Madworld because of it violance, but then I remeberd that Fallout 3 should have been banned because of in-game use of drugs and that I remeberd GTA

  • martin_tadakh

    Posted Dec 25, 2009 9:28 pm PT

    I think cod:mw2 with "no Russian" was most cencsorable.

  • RAVEZero

    Posted Dec 25, 2009 8:33 pm PT

    In MadWorld, you can uppercut someone into the air, and then chainsaw them in half.

    YOU CAN CHAINSAW PEOPLE IN HALF IN THIS GAME.

    And no, not just horizontally, either.

    How much more clear can you get?

  • zeifel

    Posted Dec 25, 2009 7:32 pm PT

    At least Prototype made it to the top 5 =) I was surprised (or more precisely, shocked) that it did not win this award for all its gut and gore. Maybe this award will extend GTA's notoriety -- which is actually nothing new. Yawns =(

  • Geo1676

    Posted Dec 25, 2009 1:26 pm PT

    How did a Nintendo DS game win AGAIN? What the hell is wrong with GameSpot and these awards? Prototype is way more deserving, there was so much blood and gore in that game.

  • skyman747

    Posted Dec 25, 2009 10:52 am PT

    Voted Madworld, but serioiusly, MW2? If the other CoD games have gotten by just fine why would it be any different?

  • calvinx6

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 10:28 pm PT

    Thats 2 awards for my GOTY

  • mjc0961

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 9:38 am PT

    Forget drugs: It's more surprising that Prototype got through if they had such a fit about Left 4 Dead 2.

  • DrEvilKoala

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 8:58 am PT

    Why the hell is Dragon Age on the list? Anyway, I think MW2 surprised me the most. Say what you want about the game, but there was some serious violence involved.

  • SillySkeleton

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 1:44 am PT

    What? The Aussie censors are strict about violence, not so much offensive language, and GTA: CW had the least realistic violence of the bunch.

  • Darth_Pietrus

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 1:27 am PT

    @hank_101
    Exactly. Can u even see blood on that dumb screen?

  • deathofaninja

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 3:44 pm PT

    Do people just vote for MW2 for the sake of voting for MW2?

  • hank_101

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 2:20 pm PT

    How could Chinatown Wars win this? I haven't played it, but I'm sure that Madworld, Prototype, Wolverine, and Modern Warfare 2 were waaaay more violent than a DS game.

  • Sonicplys

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 1:18 pm PT

    This proves why DS >>>>>>>>>>> PS3/360

  • VXLbeast

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 10:32 am PT

    Hrmmm, Madworld dude. That thing had everything bad thing you can put in a game.

  • ZEYAAM898

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 8:10 am PT

    R* has probably had a deal with GS thats unfair for other game creaters i totally agree with LiuKang3000

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