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Australian Government Bans New Syndicate Game

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 20, 2011 @08:43PM from the yes-this-again dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It looks like the Australian Government's move to introduce a new R18+ classification for adult video games hasn't yet taken force, with video game maker EA confirming today that its reboot of the classic Syndicate series has been banned in Australia due to extreme violence. Left 4 Dead, Mortal Kombat and now Syndicate — what game will be banned next in Australia is anybody's guess."

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Re:Depends on how you look at it by InsightIn140Bytes · 2011-12-20 21:08 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Downloading it without paying for it instead of not buying it without paying for it does not punish the publisher at all.
But that actually punishes every other publisher, including indie games, since you're getting your entertainment fix from your pirated game and don't buy some other game instead.

For this same reason pirating apps punishes open source.
Re:Depends on how you look at it by SharkLaser · 2011-12-20 23:23 · Score: 1, Flamebait

What? Most known open source games are just ports of the best closed source games like Civilization, SimCity, Quake or Theme Hospital. On top of having sucky graphics, open source games are way too repetitive and all the open source shooters try to mimic Quake. Which is boring in 2011. Where is just as much fun open source multiplayer game than Team Fortress 2 is? Or Battlefield 3/Modern Warfare 3 online? Grand Theft Auto? Assassins Creed? Deus Ex? Portal? Left4Dead? Skyrim? The list goes on and on... Hell, they could even make a simple tower defense game. But Defense Grid beats them in that too.