Mortal Kombat Classification Appeal Rejected in Australia

March 15, 2011

No Mortal Kombat for you, Australia. An appeal by publisher Warner Bros. Interactive to overturn an earlier decision by Australia's Classification Review Board to deny classification has also been denied. That means that the forthcoming Mortal Kombat reboot has been permanently refused classification in Australia, banning the title from official retail release. In an official statement, Warner Bros. Interactive praised fans in Australia and expressed disappointment in the classification board's decision:

"We're obviously extremely disappointed that the refused classification decision has been upheld by the Classification Review Board. We want to thank the thousands of Mortal Kombat fans in Australia and around the world who have voiced their support during the appeal process."

Mortal Kombat's reboot will still arrive next month in other territories so you can expect fans that want the game bad enough will simply import it from those regions.

Thanks to everyone in the shoutbox who mentioned this. The results are not shocking given that this is Australia we're talking about here.

Source: Joystiq

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Re: Mortal Kombat Classification Appeal Rejected in ...

Submitted by Mr.Tastix on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 13:21.

I still find it disgusting that the majority of the Australian populace want an R18 rating, but it's all in the hands of the Attourney-Generals. The fact that can overturn the entire thing with just one vote of disapproval is absolutely pathetic.

Because this is totally democratic in the least, is it? Hah.

It doesn't stop people from simply importing it, which is probably cheaper anyway with the way most retailers like to upmarket the items, anyway. So why bother not having an R18 rating? People just get the damn thing another way, since it's not in any way illegal for somebody to import the game, only to sell it locally.

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Re: Mortal Kombat Classification Appeal Rejected in ...

Submitted by DavCube on Wed, 03/16/2011 - 09:08.

Supposedly, they're actually seizing import copies too. So basically Australians will be forced to pirate the game if they want it.

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Submitted by Rodrigo Ybáñez ... on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 13:07.

Mortal Kombat's reboot will still arrive next month in other territories so you can expect fans that want the game bad enough will simply import it from those regions.

More likely they will download it from the internet becuase the $10,000 (USD?) fines. Can´t believe they get to those extremes with a game, like if it were cocaine. How delusional can they be?

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Submitted by Uncharted NES on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 11:56.

I mentioned it on the shoutbox and the link should confirm it.

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Re: Mortal Kombat Classification Appeal Rejected in ...

Submitted by Zerodash on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 11:33.

Is it true that people who import games "banned" in Austrailia are subject to a fine and legal action? I heard that, but did not take the time to confirm this.

Re: Mortal Kombat Classification Appeal Rejected in ...

Submitted by killatia on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 11:30.

This is why the Aussies needs the R18+ raiting in there country!

http://www.magicinkgaming.com/

Re: Mortal Kombat Classification Appeal Rejected in ...

Submitted by Rodrigo Ybáñez ... on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 13:06.

This why aussies needs to kick out all old people from government. Seriously.

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Re: Mortal Kombat Classification Appeal Rejected in ...

Submitted by Andrew Eisen on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 11:51.

I don't believe an R18 rating is going to stop them from RCing games they don't like.

Andrew Eisen

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Conster: Also, I guess The War Z changed its name so they can scam some more people?06/19/2013 - 7:44pm

Conster: AE: when even HuffPo makes the same joke, it's not something you want to take credit for. :P06/19/2013 - 7:43pm

Andrew Eisen: Hey look! The War Z changed its name to Infestation: Survivor Stories. http://infestationmmo.com/06/19/2013 - 7:23pm

Andrew Eisen: You're going to have a lot of company in prison, RedMage. Most of the internet has stolen MY joke. Bastards!06/19/2013 - 7:06pm

RedMage: The cover art thing points to an industry trend of only wanting to appeal to teen boys despite the talk of "broadening the appealz"06/19/2013 - 6:17pm

RedMage: I'd like to turn myself in for unintentional theft of a joke. Ignorance of the law is no excuse :o06/19/2013 - 6:17pm

Andrew Eisen: Remember the fight to get Last of Us's Ellie on the game cover? Check this out: http://cheezburger.com/758618624006/19/2013 - 6:12pm

Andrew Eisen: RedMage - Thief! You stole my joke! You're a horrible, loathesome person! Or you simply had the same idea and didn't read my earlier shout!06/19/2013 - 5:35pm

RedMage: Maybe they're going to rename it the Xbox 18006/19/2013 - 5:26pm

IanC: Bet EA are pissed.06/19/2013 - 5:17pm

Andrew Eisen: Ah, James is just a little quicker on the keyboard than I!06/19/2013 - 5:07pm

Craig R.: Too little, too late.06/19/2013 - 4:52pm

DorthLous: PWAHAHAHAH, the MS spinning sound woke me up :)06/19/2013 - 4:27pm

Andrew Eisen: Microsoft's new console shall now be known as the Xbox One-Eighty.06/19/2013 - 4:17pm

Andrew Eisen: I imagine we were typing our respective shouts at the same time.06/19/2013 - 4:14pm

MaskedPixelante: So Andrew... is there going to be a new poll now? I mean, the one about the XBO DRM is kinda no longer relevant.06/19/2013 - 4:13pm

Andrew Eisen: In light of Xbox One's furious backpeddling on its DRM policies, I'm closing the poll for now. I'll probably write a new one later today or tomorrow.06/19/2013 - 4:11pm

IanC: Found three people whining about this so far. Saying that its because of cheapasses and that its going to be horrible online now. W T and indeed F.06/19/2013 - 4:09pm

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