CrimeCraft refused classification

Persistent world based shooter game CrimeCraft was refused classification by the Classification Board late last week, meaning Vogster Entertainments game will not be released in Australia.

According to the classification board report the game "contains the option to manufacture, trade and self-administer legal 'medicines' and illegal 'boosts', which are made up of various elements and sold 'on the streets'. Boosts are sometimes referred to as 'drugs' both in the game and in the Applicant's submissions to the Board."

Essentially the title allows players to use drugs to boost their performance in the game - boosts include things like 'Anabolics' which improve the player's ability to cause damage. They inject their boosts via an auto-injector device "in a depiction reminiscent of an adrenaline shot" before the text "drug effect" is displayed on screen. You can also become "Addicted" - which instead of posing a negative effect on player gives the player a "global reduction in the cooldown timer of all medicines and boosts".

The summary of the report reads "In the Board's opinion, there is insufficient delineation between the "fictional drugs" available in the game and real-world proscribed drugs.

We'll post the entire board report for you to read as soon as possible. Thanks to Sly on our forums for the heads up!