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Left 4 Dead 2 Appeal Unsuccessful

By Chris Bennett, Tudor Carsten, Michael R. Coburn, Sarah Dale-Harris, Pablo Guzman, Danielle (Dani) Lemon, Chris Metcalfe and David Spratley

Valve to issue heavily edited version to satisfy Australian censors<p> <p> It appears that Australian fans of Valve's critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead survival horror franchise will have to miss out on much of the blood n' guts that the rest of us have been eagerly anticipating in its latest installment, Left 4 Dead 2. On October 22, 2009, Australia's Classification Review Board unanimously upheld an earlier decision of its ratings board to refuse classification to the unedited version of Left 4 Dead 2, citing its frequent and often gratuitous violence. As a result of this decision, unedited versions of the game will not be available for sale in Australia. Gamers down under will instead have to settle for a toned down version of Left 4 Dead 2 that does not contain "depictions of decapitation, dismemberment, wound detail, or piles of dead bodies lying about the environment" and which has received an MA 15+ rating by Australian censors. Yawn.<p> <p> Coverage from Gamespot.com here<p>Bookmarks: <a href="http://del.icio.us/login/?url=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/26/Left-4-Dead-2-Appeal-Unsuccessful&title=Left+4+Dead+2+Appeal+Unsuccessful" >Delicious</a>, <a href="http://digg.com/tools/digthis.php?u=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/26/Left-4-Dead-2-Appeal-Unsuccessful" >Digg </a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/26/Left-4-Dead-2-Appeal-Unsuccessful">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=add&bkmk=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/26/Left-4-Dead-2-Appeal-Unsuccessful&title=Left+4+Dead+2+Appeal+Unsuccessful" >Google</a>, <a href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/26/Left-4-Dead-2-Appeal-Unsuccessful&title=Left+4+Dead+2+Appeal+Unsuccessful">Reddit</a>, <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/26/Left-4-Dead-2-Appeal-Unsuccessful&title=Left+4+Dead+2+Appeal+Unsuccessful">StumbleUpon</a>, <a href="http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/myresults/bookmarklet?u=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/26/Left-4-Dead-2-Appeal-Unsuccessful&=Left+4+Dead+2+Appeal+Unsuccessful" >Yahoo</a>

Full post as published by Video Game Law Blog on December 04, 2009 (boomark / email).