The Mortal Kombat drama here in Australia continues.
James Kozanecki over at Gamespot has spoken to a spokesperson from the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, who has confirmed that Mortal Kombat has been added to its list of prohibited items and that gamers who import could be subject to a fine of up to three times the cost of the game.
“Customs and Border Protection works closely with Attorney General’s Department to identify imported games that are banned in Australia,” claimed the spokesperson. “This includes games purchased over the internet from foreign websites…
“Any copies of the games detected at the border, including via international mail, will be seized.”
Aussie customs to seize Mortal Kombat imports [Gamespot]
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Basically the Australian Government is wanting to force Gamers into a corner. A corner where the only viable option for them to be able to play the game is to pirate it.
Well done guys! **sigh**
Did they say why they had banned it?
I've seen your post on the forums about it so I won't worry about replying here.
I will say that I'm only a little disappointed because I haven't really, really liked a Mortal Kombat game since the original (for me, it has gone down hill slowly) but I did want to try it out in any events.
Alas, I'm an advocate against piracy, so this is one game I won't be playing. 😦