Silent Hill Homecoming Refused Classification

Silent Hill: Homecoming has been refused classification in Australia. Is is the fourth game to be banned in the country this year. According to a spokesperson for Atari, which distributes Silent Hill in Australia, the classification board's comments in the rejection referred to "blood spray, decapitation, dismemberment and depictions of torture."¹ The highest classification for video games in Australia is MA15+, making any game that surpasses that illegal.

Fast Facts

1. Two of the games banned in Australia this year, Fallout 3 and Dark Sector, were retooled and sucessfully resubmitted for an MA15+ rating.
2. In March 2008, censorship ministers agreed to poll public opinion on introducing a R18+ classification for video games, but have not done so yet.²
3. In the United States, the ESRB has rated the game (M) Mature

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