Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) banned Soldier of Fortune, making it illegal to sell or own the first-person shooter game from Activision. This means that the game didn’t even pass the MA15+ classification. The MA+15+ restriction prohibits games that 15 year olds in Australia can’t play due to gore, nudity, violence or drug-related stuff. The reason for SoF : Payback being banned, according to OFLC is that “playing impact… was a high impact which exceeded the MA15+ classification” - “close range shooting with substantial blood spray, blood splatters onto the ground and walls, [the ability to] target various limbs of the opponent which can result in dismemberment, and large amounts of blood sprayed which comes from the stump but victims sometime stay alive”. With OFLC saying that, im sure a lot of gamers would be more than interested to own the game now.

Other games that are banned in Australia are

BMX XXX, Manhunt, GTA-3, GTA San Andreas, Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude, Postal, Postal 2, Narc and more. Some toned-down version of the banned games have been allowed in Australia (GTA3).

Soldiers of Fortune : Pay back is set to be released in November 13, 2007.

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