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RimWorld pulled from sale on Steam in Australia, as an affront to public morality, decency, and proprietyOn the bright side, apparently RimWorld is coming to consoles?
On the bright side, apparently RimWorld is coming to consoles?
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Image credit:Ludeon Studios
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Australia’s Classification Board last week slapped an RC rating on RimWorld, an act which seemingly also leaked news that console versions are coming (the devs have since talked about this as “a potential console version”). While the listing is no longer public, Internet archives show it explained:
In the case of RimWorld, I think you can replace every “or” with an “and”. The simulation of mind and body is such that you can, if you want,‘despine’ prisoners “as a safety precaution” to strip their organs before eventual excecutionor createkillsquads of densitised child soldiers who murder their parents. You know, RimWorld stuff. If you want. And that’s without getting into the wonders/horrors of drugs, which Australian censorsso often frown on.
With a classification outright refused, they can’t sell it. But this rating did not only apply to the presumed upcoming console versions. Evidently (and unusually) it’s retroactive, because Steam no longer sells the game in Australia.
“We did not expect this to affect the Steam version because in previous similar cases, as withDisco Elysiumfor example, an RC rating on a console version did not affect the availability of the PC version on Steam. We’re not sure why this decision was made in RimWorld’s case,” the devs said inan announcementover the weekend.
They also clarified that Steam keys don’t work in Australia, so folks can’t buy a Steam key from their website then redeem it. People in Australia can’t use gift copies either. But Australianauts can still buy a DRM-free versionfrom the developersand apparently it’s still soldon GOGtoo.
