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Rimworld steam sale1/15/2024 ![]() Sure, you could mosey over to the US site, but you’d miss out on all the juicy gaming goodness that’s relevant – and important – to you. The Australian edition of Kotaku is focused on taking all this fantastic news and crafting it into a tasty treat for all you Aussies and Kiwis. Whether it’s the latest info on a new game, or hot gossip on the industry’s movers, shakers and smashers, you’ll find it all here and nicely packaged at Kotaku. ![]() They’d be one in the same in every lexicon on the planet if it were humanly possible. The names of interested parties will be disclosed in the Review Board’s final decision report, unless requested otherwise.Ĭonsidering Sylvester states in the tweet above that they’re working with ‘legal professionals and expert witnesses’ to get the game classified for multi-platform release and reinstated into the Australian Steam library, we can only hope that the Australian Government will reconsider and let us have RimWorld back. The decision and reasons will later be published on If an individual or organisation wishes to apply for standing as an interested party to this review, please write to the Convenor of the Review Board. The Classification Review Board will meet on Wednesday 20 April 2022 to consider the application. The Classification Review Board has received an application to review the classification of the computer game, RimWorld.RimWorld was classified RC (Refused Classification) by the Classification Board on 28 February 2022. Īccording to the Australian Classification website, Thanks everyone for your support on this. We’ve got some legal professionals and expert witnesses helping out, so I’m optimistic. Good news! The Australian Classification Board it going to review their ruling which banned RimWorld from sale in Australia. What a relief that the Australian Government is finally taking a stand against drugs existing in a video game, this is exactly what everybody was begging for!Īlas, the drama that ensued has now resulted in the classification refusal now being up for review, announced by RimWorld developer Tynan Sylvester on Twitter. It’s pretty funny considering RimWorld has been available for PC in Australia since 2018 with no issues, but the revelation then caused for RimWorld to be removed from sale on the Australian Steam store due to the refused classification. This suggested that there are plans to release RimWorld on multiple consoles, which is neat! Unfortunately, the Australian Government HATES drugs, even if they are not in the real world. This year, a multi-platform version of the game was refused classification by the Australian Classification Board. RimWorld was originally released in 2013 as an early access game, received an update in 2016 that added drugs to the game, and came out of early access and became an officially released game on Steam in 2018. Just in case you missed it, here’s a little rundown of the TL DR history of RimWorld‘s release and subsequent battle with the Australian Classification Board. We’ve got a positive update on the whole RimWorld situation, folks! This is an update to a previous post covering RimWorld’s ‘refused classification’ being up for review. Get this, guys: drugs in a video game aren’t real! What are the odds of that! Goofs aside, it’s good to see RimWorld back in Australia, and here’s hoping we may see a console launch in future. The game also contains high impact themes that are justified by the context of colonists surviving in an inhospitable fantasy world. The drug use is depicted at a distance through a top-down perspective, in a highly stylised, simplified form. Players may choose for colonist pawns to consume drugs in certain scenarios, but this greatly hinders player progress, as characters will succumb to addiction and must deal with long-term negative impacts of their drug use. The game includes fantasy drug use, but in the Review Board’s opinion, the game mechanic ultimately provides disincentives related to drug-taking behaviour, to the point where regular drug use leads to negative consequences such as overdose, addiction, and withdrawal. ![]() In a rare case of a government body in Australia thinking rationally, the Classification Board explained the reasoning for a review and subsequent rating: This is, according to the Board, ‘because the themes and drug use have a high impact’. RimWorld has been rated R18+ in Australia by the Australian Classification Board for ‘high impact themes and drug use’. Thanks to everyone who lent their support. Good news! RimWorld is now rated and legal to buy again in Australia. Posting this morning at around 3:15AM, RimWorld developer Tyne Sylvester announced that the game has gone under review from the Australian Classification Board and has been officially rated, making it purchasable in Australia once again.
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