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Fans of the eternally grumpy Spartan, Kratos, and his semi-naked, blood-soaked adventures will be pleased to hear that the upcoming game, God of War III, has been cleared for release in Australia. And without any cuts. Fancy that?

God of War III will be rated MA with a warning that reads: “Strong violence, sexual references and nudity”.

So for those of you who feared that our favourite face-painted psycho would have his antics tamed for an Australian release can now rest easy. God of War III is set for a mid-March release.

Update: You can see the good news for yourself on the official classifications website.

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18 Comments

Fetidchimp

2 years ago

i get the funny feeling this will set atkinson and kratos on a collision course

inigel

2 years ago

Fetidchimp wrote

i get the funny feeling this will set atkinson and kratos on a collision course

With Kratos slaughtering Atkinson of course.

JackSlack

2 years ago

inigel wrote

With Kratos slaughtering Atkinson of course.

That depends on how much prey Atkinson has already ingested when he initiates the attack.

LeonJ

2 years ago

Another example of how the Australian ratings system is broken. This and NG2 are probably the most brutal games on the market. Yet they go out and ban all sorts of other games.

You kind of hope a game like this does get banned so that it really does create a massive wave in the gaming community and get more support for the R18+ rating.

Augmentation

2 years ago

I'm just wondering what sort of power Atkinson's head will reward after Kratos removes it from his body...

... I also wonder if Atkinson actually knows how much he's hated.

shiraj

2 years ago

I reckon Sony has a hand in Atkinson's pocket

NO PUN INTENDED

Jarrod

2 years ago

LeonJ wrote

So true.

ace_mclean

2 years ago

As long as I get my God Of War 3 the way it was made by the creators, I'm a happy man.

Nic_231

2 years ago

I thought there was no way in hell this was getting through. Though I should reserve comment until I have actually played the game, I got the impression from the promotional material that the violence depicted in GOW 3 was too extreme to be justified under the MA15+ rating.
As usual the inconsistency of our ratings system astounds me, though decisions like this are hardly surprising anymore.

Phreakuency

2 years ago

The demo was so graphic I thought for sure it was going to be refused/banned.

Ah well. First day buy for me, the demo was amazing!

x7h3CUREx

2 years ago

that is awesome news. when i saw the footage of kratos ripping that dudes head off in the trailers i thought there was no way it's getting through. i'll be buying day one just in case it gets pulled off the shelves ala gta3 style. probably not likely but i live in fear.
actually fear breeds violence so you could probably argue that the australian rating system is making me more violent.

DUC5

2 years ago

yet they ban l4d2 uncut? pathetic

THEMAN

2 years ago

If the game was censored, I would have imported anyhow~~

ObsoletE

2 years ago

so this is purely on the OFLC's classification page?

I don't mean to be a spoilsport, but the first 2 GOW games were censored for their EU/PAL release in changing some torture scenes from a man into one of the undead horde.

but this was all done behind the scenes, to the version initially submitted to the OFLC, and as such, there's no appeal or resubmission record.
so it could be passed without the need for cuts, because they were already undertaken.

just saying.

Qbert

2 years ago

I bet because you aren't shooting any one, they will see it as harder for kids to emulate.

grim-one

2 years ago

ObsoletE wrote

I don't mean to be a spoilsport, but the first 2 GOW games were censored for their EU/PAL release in changing some torture scenes from a man into one of the undead horde.

I wonder if the new 'Collection' games in Australia are censored as well? I know my Asian version wasn't.

Yes, I tortured an imaginary man in a video game. Now let me feed on your soul! =P

Nic_231

2 years ago

ObsoletE wrote

I don't mean to be a spoilsport, but the first 2 GOW games were censored for their EU/PAL release in changing some torture scenes from a man into one of the undead horde.

Thank god the PS3 is region free...

Fetidchimp

2 years ago

It's listed as the original version, the other 2 aren't...

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Australian Release Date:
  18/3/2010 (Confirmed)
Standard Retail Price:
  $109.95 AU
Publisher:
  Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre:
  Action Adventure
Year Made:
  2009
Players:
  1

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