Rockstar Games has given an explanation to the “special” edition of Grand Theft Auto IV that Australians will be playing soon. By special, I mean crap, but I digress. The reason is that Australia doesn’t have an R18+ rating available from the Office of Film and Literature Classification. Rockstar has stated that there are only minor differences between the US/EU and Australia versions and that the changes not significant at all. I’m not sure how much I believe that though.
Australians Getting Edited GTAIV
In some sad, but not surprising news for Australians concerning Grand Theft Auto IV, the game will be edited. Rockstar has confirmed that they have made a special edition of the game to comply with Australia’s classification system. Currently Australia doesn’t have an R18+ rating, but many people are arguing that one should be created, mostly for reasons such as this. As of now, Rockstar has not made any statements about what content has been cut from the game, but I’m sure it’s all the good parts.