Xbox Live Arcade success State of Decay will also not be released there in its current form, due its inclusion of real world narcotics as medication. The game is the second title in as many days to recieve a ban in Australia. Smoking these drugs grants 'superpowers', something which the Board also looked upon disapprovingly. Saints Row 4 also includes an optional mission involving 'alien narcotics', the ACB noted. In the Board's opinion, a weapon designed to penetrate the anus of enemy characters and civilians constitutes a visual depiction of implied sexual violence that is interactive and not justified by context and as such the game should be Refused Classification.' 'The weapon can be used during gameplay on enemy characters or civilians. After the probe has been implicitly inserted into the victim's anus the area around their buttocks becomes pixelated highlighting that the aim of the weapon is to penetrate the victim's anus. 'When using this weapon the player approaches a (clothed) victim from behind and thrusts the weapon between the victim's legs and then lifts them off the ground before pulling a trigger which launches the victim into the air.

The lower half of the weapon resembles a sword hilt and the upper part contains prong-like appendages which circle around what appears to be a large dildo which runs down the centre of the weapon. The Applicant states that this weapon can be 'shoved into enemy's backsides'. 'The game includes a weapon referred to by the Applicant as an 'Alien Anal Probe'. Its depiction in Saints Row 4 implied sexual violence that was 'not justified by context', the ACB report stated: Saints Row: The Third famously included a dildo-shaped baseball bat weapon. The extraterrestrial device fell foul of censors at the Aussie Classification Board, Kotaku reported.

UPDATE: Bonkers open world adventure Saints Row 4 will not see an Australian release in its current form due to the inclusion of an 'Alien Anal Probe' weapon. In the meantime, Deep Silver is continuing to take pre-orders for the game under a new 'Low Violence Version' label. The developer is 'reworking some of the code' to remove 'content which could cause offence', publisher Deep Silver told Strategy Informer. UPDATE: Saints Row developer Volition is making changes to the game's Australian version - namely, removing the 'Alien Anal Probe' weapon which last month saw its release banned by the country's censors.

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