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[UPDATE: now MA15+] Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why (www.eurogamer.net)

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UPDATE 24/3/25: In a statement to Eurogamer, the Australian Classification Board has suggested Silent Hill f's Refused Classification (RC) rating - which was recently spotted on its database - was published in error, noting a decision about its classification is yet to be made.

"Silent Hill f is not currently classified as 'Refused Classification' in Australia," a spokesperson for the Australian Classification Board told Eurogamer. "The 14 March 2025 entry on the National Classification Database has been removed. A classification decision will be published to the National Classification Database ahead of the game’s release."

Silent Hill f - the first game in the series to be set in Japan - doesn't currently have a released date, but Konami recently shared more about the project in a dedicated showcase.

It's since been given an MA15+ rating (thanks @Kelly !)

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Silent Hill f has been refused classification in Australia.

The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, and the Arts' Classification Board (IARC) has not detailed why, exactly, the horror has been denied release, but simply invites people to contact the organisation if they want more information (so I have - I'll update as/when I hear back).

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[–] Kelly 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

OFLC have pulled the page listing it as RC.

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/silent-hill-f-ban-in-australia-retracted-age-rating-up-for-review-again/

The pulled page indicates it was an IARC classification i.e. it was automatically classified based an Konami's answers to a generic survey distributed to classification boards globally. If Konami contest the automatic classification then it will be looked at by actual humans who may determine that offensive content is contextualized to a degree that it can be released (or failing that give a list of content that needs to be modified).

[–] Kelly 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And it's been given: MA15+ Strong Horror Violence

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Thanks for the updates!