Valve ‘Disappointed’ With Australia’s Left 4 Dead 2 Ban
Australian gamers clamoring to get their hands on the upcoming sequel to Valve’s zombie shooter, Left 4 Dead 2, were given the harsh news of the game’s ban earlier this week. The Australian Classifications Board refused the game, denying it to be sold anywhere in the country.
As you could have probably guessed, this news doesn’t sit well with Valve. VP of Marketing, Doug Lombardi, told IGN the company was surprised by the ban
“We were surprised to hear of this news. Obviously, everyone at Valve is disappointed,” he said. “It would be a shame if folks in Australia, or anywhere else, are unable to purchase Left 4 Dead 2 because of a ratings issue.”
The game was denied classification due to its ‘high impact violence’ against ‘living humans infected with a rabies-like virus.’
EA Australia is currently working through the submission process to see what, if anything can be done. Valve, meanwhile, is still collecting the details as well.
“As for what’s next, we don’t really know yet,” Lombardi added. “We’re still getting information back.”
As am I =[ I hope they will do something… I am sure that they know if it is banned in Australia, they will loose a WHOLE chunk of profit… This is why our Classification Members need to update the system and allow R rated games in Australia… >=[
@gagaters
Word.
I hope they don’t nerf it like they did Team Fortress 2 for Germany.
can ask what did they do to TF2 in germeny coss i see loads of german servers on TF2
???
and BTW THIS SUCKS THAT its banned from Australia as i sed what about the game man hunt is it banned 2 i dont think so…
@gagaters
Guys if you download the program “Steam” you can buy it ANYWHERE for only $30!
sucks for them…