Fallout 3 Censored Worldwide
- Scribbled on September 10th, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in ESRB/Ratings, Industry News, Interviews, Microsoft Xbox 360, PC, RPG, Sony PlayStation 3, WTF
Let’s hand it to the Australians. Not only do they break street dates, but they also force censorship on games undeservedly. Xboxic is reporting that Fallout 3 will be censored worldwide, thanks to the people Down Under whining about morphine:
Bethesda’s vice president of PR and marketing Peter Hines in an interview with Edge:
“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.” 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. To avoid confusion among people in different territories, we decided to make those substitutions in all versions of the game, in all territories. I didn’t want people continuing to assume the version in Australia was some altered version when it’s not. There are no references to real world drugs in any version of Fallout 3.”
Of course, medical drugs are bad. People having limbs and heads being blown off - in slow motion! - is not a problem!
Of course, the game would never see a release if it’ll have men kissing. That’s worse than decapitation, right?
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