• No Australian release for Retro City Rampage on 360, PS3 and Wii

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      Infernal Monkey
      :: 01-11-2012 07:22 PM
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      Open-world nostalgia stimulant Retro City Rampage will not be released in Australia on just about every platform it was developed for. Why? "Because ratings are expensive and time consuming", says developer VBlank Entertainment.

      Responsible for the local loss of quite a few downloadable titles in the past (turning the DSiWare service into little more than a virtual tumbleweed), it's no secret that the Australian Classification Board's rating fees are fairly absurd compared to the likes of America's ESRB, or UK's PEGI system.

      While the game won't be released on XBLA, WiiWare or PlayStation 3's PSN, it will be made available on the Vita. According to VBlank, the PlayStation Vita is classed as a 'mobile' device in Australia. So much like iOS and Android devices, it's somehow exempt from local age ratings.


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      Retro City Rampage is out right now on PC, by the way. It kind of has been for a few weeks; no silly classification confusion to worry about there. You can grab it on Steam, GOG and probably somewhere else. I don't know.


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      7 Comments

      1. Lvaneede's Avatar
        Lvaneede - 01-11-2012, 07:38 PM
        Its not my sort of game, anyway.
      1. Jader7777's Avatar
        Jader7777 - 01-11-2012, 07:49 PM
        EUGH WHAT.

        Vita time I guess.






        lol jks
      1. Eathan's Avatar
        Eathan - 01-11-2012, 08:25 PM
        I'm really glad I can just get it on steam.
      1. Jack's Avatar
        Jack - 01-11-2012, 08:29 PM
        This is the only indie game I've had my eye on for a few years. I remember watching the Awesome Video Games guys interview the guy at PAX, maybe in 2010. They said he was gonna appear on the show, but nope, never happened. It looks interesting, but damn I'm swamped with games right now.
      1. Gookanheimer's Avatar
        Gookanheimer - 02-11-2012, 12:10 AM
        Ok so now that we have the R rating where's the campaign to fix the system so that it doesn't stop all these games from happening?
      1. Mario maniac's Avatar
        Mario maniac - 13-11-2012, 03:45 PM
        If y'all want the game on WiiWare and have a credit/debit card handy, just switch your settings to somewhere in the UK. You can purchase any games unreleased on the Australian channel and then switch back later. Just make sure you spend all your points otherwise you'll lose em when you switch.
      1. Morpha's Avatar
        Morpha - 05-03-2013, 12:14 AM
        this disappoints me so much. I was looking forward to this... OH wells. I might pick it up on steam at some point.