CimeCraft Banned in Australia Because of Drug Use

Australia, a country lack of R18+ video games such as Fallout 3 and Call of duty: Modern Warfare 2, has just banned the TPS MMO CrimeCraft, not for the violent theme or adult content, but drug use related to incentives or rewards.

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"In the board's opinion, there is insufficient delineation between the 'fictional drugs' available in game and real-world proscribed drugs," said the Australian Classificaion Board.

"Boost parallels the names, chemical elements, administration, treatment, and addictive elements of real-world proscribed drugs, and when used provide quantifiable benefits to a player's character. The game therefore contains drug use related to incentives or rewards and should be refused classification."

CrimeCraft is not the first game got banned for drug use. Fallout 3 used to run into the same situation in ACB 's history of striking out games where drug use is shown to have positive effects.

There are lots of R18+ MMORPGs. On Gstar 2009, players who haven't reached their 18 are not allowed to try Blade & Soul and TERA. Will these games be refused classification in Australia too?

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