Fallout 3 Censorship Goes Global

by Blake Ellison, Sep 09, 2008 3:18pm PDT

Related Topics – Fallout 3, Postal 3, Borderlands, xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Censorship, Controversy

Bethesda has revealed that following trouble with the ratings board in Australia, all versions of Fallout 3 will be identically censored when the game is released in October.

"We want to make sure folks understand that the Australian version of Fallout 3 is identical to both the UK and North American versions in every way, on every platform," Bethesda VP Pete Hines told Edge.

Fallout 3, a sequel expanding on Black Isle's classic PC RPG series, was initially refused classification in Australia, effectively banning the game from sale. The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.

Names for real-world drugs have also been removed from the game. Hines asserted, "An issue was raised concerning references to real world, proscribed drugs in the game, and we subsequently removed those references and replaced them with fictional names."

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I kind of laugh at this, especially at some of the dumbarse comments below me. They simply changed the names of the drugs, in the same way that many FPS shooters change the names of guns, to have less of a connection to the real world.

Anyone with half a brain can mod it around.

OH! Sorry to those who get the console version, you can’t mod it.

Sep 09, 2008 3:27pm PDT

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I kind of laugh at this, especially at some of the dumbarse comments below me. They simply changed the na... : rougeknife
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  no toolset with the pc version either : tKillbox
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    Yet. Besides, do you need a toolset to edit a text file? : rougeknife
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      assuming it's a text file eh? : RikiTiki2
      
      shut up, PC rulez consoles drool fag : derelict515
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  The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.
  
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  The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly a... : JINKY
  - I read half of this before realising it was repeating :D : Goblin au
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    Knowing our ratings board, they just gave an alternative to the drugs when you would consider using them.... : rougeknife
    - how exactly do you know how neutered the game is? you clearly haven't played the "initial" version nor... : doomed
- we must stand up to this bullshit, here are Michael Atkinson's (the guy who single handedly fucked up fal... : doofy77

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