Hello everyone, Tom from Censored Gaming here.
Recently the developer of Outlast 2 issued a statement in which they confirm that there
will be only one version of the game available worldwide.
This left us with the question of whether Red Barrels had censored all versions of the
game.
Speaking to Kotaku Australia, the Australian classification board explained that they had
received a modified version of the game for it to recive it's R18 rating.
As we have previously covered, the title was originally refused a rating in Australia due
to scenes involving "sexual violence", hence the confusion.
Well, in a statement to IGN, Red Barrels have attempted to clarify the confusion.
They write that, "The original submission of Outlast 2 sent to the Australian Classification
Branch contained the final game code and a video file for reference taken from an Alpha
version of the game.
This video file should not have been sent along with the game code, as its content was
not representative of the final game.
In the second submission, the same game code was submitted with a video file reflecting
the final game content.
The game was then approved for release with an R18+ rating."
So this gameplay video from the alpha version of the game seems to be what got the game
banned in Australia in the first place.
In a previous video, Censored Gaming had read a detailed description of the scene that was
the main contribution to its ban.
The scene contained implied sexual assault, which is deemed not suitable for the R18+
rating by the Australian classification board.
So has this scene been completely removed from the final game or has it been altered
in some way?
There are many possibilities here and Censored Gaming can only speculate until further information
is either provided by Red Barrels or until the game finally releases April 25th.
At any rate, Red Barrels stresses again that "there will be only one version of Outlast
2 available worldwide".
As always, we'll be sure to report on any new information on the title as soon as it's
known.
I've been Tom from Censored Gaming.
Thank you for watching.
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