Left 4 Dead 2 Banned in Australia
By Tim Hage on Sep 20th, 2009 at 9:47AM
It’s no secret that Australia has an overly strict video game rating system that does not have anything for adults. Instead, they ask for an edited version of the game, but if that’s not feasible, then they issue an outright ban on the game. This has been much the case for Left 4 Dead 2. As if the massive boycott wasn’t enough to hurt Valve’s potential sales, they now have an entire country pretty much boycotting their upcoming game.
When this news hit Valve’s VP of marketing, Doug Lombardi said, “we were surprised to hear of this news yesterday,” and “obviously, everyone at Valve is pretty bummed.” Clearly, Valve has no intentions to censor the game to meet Australia’s requirements; “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.”
via [ShackNews]
