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wraggster
July 23rd, 2013, 01:03
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Saints Row 4 (http://www.joystiq.com/game/saints-row-4)'s down under scrutiny will occur again next week, as the over-the-top sandbox crime game attempts a second run by the Australian Classification Board. The ACB banned (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/25/saints-row-4-refused-classification-in-australia-volition-rewo/) the game last month, raising issues (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/26/state-of-decay-refused-aussie-classification-saints-row-4-ban-d/) over its depiction of drug use and an "alien anal probe."

Publisher Deep Silver previously said it was planning to re-submit a re-worked version of the game - apparently a "low violence" one going by Steam Australia (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/02/saints-row-4-low-violence-version-pops-up-on-steam-australia/). That re-review is now confirmed and dated for this time next week on July 29, and hopefully it's a decision that leaves both parties satisfied.

Saints Row 4 was the first to be banned in the country after the governmentpassed the law (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/18/australia-finally-passes-r18-rating-for-games/) permitting R18+ games for adult audiences. The second game, banned a day after Saints Row 4, was State of Decay. Thankfully, Undead Labs' own reworked version came through its re-review (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/12/state-of-decay-stimulates-r18-rating-second-time-around/) earlier this month, and the developer expects (https://www.facebook.com/UndeadLabs/posts/10150298186459943) to bring the XBLA game Australia's way on Friday, July 26.

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/22/saints-row-4-up-for-austrailian-classification-re-review-next-we/