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Fallout 3 Edited Version To Hit Australian Shelves

Posted by timothy on from the full-up-on-mutant-insects-and-jellyfish dept.

UgLyPuNk contributes this excerpt from Internode Games Network, which might interest Australian readers in particular: "Just last week, we told you that Fallout 3 had been resubmitted to the Classifications Board, in the hope that it would be deemed suitable for Australian audiences. While the Classifications Board can take between a few days and a few weeks to hand down their decision — it seems that the edits made to the Bethesda Softworks title have been successful, with the second edition of the game granted a new MA15+ rating this afternoon. We don't yet have the details of the decision, but are currently finding out just what was changed in the game in order to secure the new rating — and release in this country."

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  1. nannies by Plantain · · Score: 5, Funny

    All in game characters have been replaced with nannies trying to feed you the Australian bottle of ignorance.

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  2. European versions of FO1 and FO2 by Enderandrew · · Score: 5, Informative

    The European versions of FO1 and FO2 were edited/censored to remove the ability to kill children. I'm not necessarily a proponent of censorship, but it wasn't like the game was really missing anything.

    The Bethesda games (Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion) don't feature kids because you can kill anyone in game.

    I wonder how this was handled with FO3.

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    1. Re:European versions of FO1 and FO2 by Zaphenath · · Score: 5, Interesting

      There was an interview with Todd Howard I saw where he says that there are children in the game, but you can't kill them. I guess that is for the best because do we really need FOX News plastering images of children exploding into bloody pieces on TV? Us videogamers have a bad enough rap as it is, what with our penchant for "cop killer simulators"...

  3. The edition is actually in the title by Yvan256 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since Australians are upside-down, they had to change the title to "Climbout 3".