“Silent Hill f” Refused Classification In Australia

Konami’s recently unveiled “Silent Hill f,” the next main entry in the “Silent Hill” franchise, has been effectively banned in Australia and will not be available to local gamers.

The Australian government has just released its own rating for title, citing it has been ‘Refused Classification’. That means the game can not be sold, hired or legally imported in the country unless changes are made to the game’s content and it’s re-submitted for new classification.

The rating has raised eyebrows though as on the rare occasion a gaming RC is handed out, only once or twice a year and usually for games a lot less high-profile than this, some reasoning for the refusal is usually cited.

In this case, no reasoning was stated with the government website stating only “for further information regarding the reason for this decision, please contact us.” It follows on from the game landing an 18+ rating in Japan, the first title in the series to garner that classification.

This isn’t the first run-in with the Australian ratings board for the franchise – 2008’s “Silent Hill: Homecoming” was similarly banned but was then edited and released in a censored state the following year.

The game follows on from last year’s highly acclaimed remake of “Silent Hill 2′ which has reinvigorated interest in the series. “Silent Hill f” marks the eighth overall game in the series, arriving thirteen years after the prior entry “Silent Hill: Downpour” in 2012 for the PS3 & 360.

The story trailer confirms the new game unfolds in the 1960s in the small, Japanese town of Ebisugaoka rather than the fictional American town of Silent Hill. A young girl named Shimizu Hinako finds her town consumed by a sudden fog, transforming her home into a haunting nightmare.

As the town falls silent and the fog thickens, Hinako must navigate the twisted paths of Ebisugaoka, solving complex puzzles and confronting grotesque monsters to survive. “Silent Hill f” will be coming to the various other countries around the world, but hasn’t set a release date as yet.

Source: Press Start

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