Not being released in Australia and New Zealand

[Dingo]

This is from the official forums. link (http://forums.ignitionusa.net/showthread.php?t=2680)

We regret to announce that the Australian Classification Board has refused to award Blacklight: Tango Down a rating in that territory. This is due to the fact that the title requires a permanent online connection as it is an online multiplayer game.
The ACB refuses to review and rate a title with such a requirement.

This decision by the ACB also precludes us releasing the game in New Zealand.

UTV Ignition Entertainment apologize to gamers in Australia and NZ who were looking forward to playing Blacklight: Tango Down, but the situation is beyond our control. It was always our intention to release the title in these regions, and should the ACB change their stance on such titles, we will do our utmost to bring the game to market in Australia and NZ.

[Irishoak]

You should probably thank the ACB for once, they saved you from more Live antics...

[Smokindan50]

What. I mean, it didn't sound that great anyway but it would be nice to have an option to buy it :(

Wait, plenty of games on Steam are multiplayer only. You can still release it digitally just not retail. I don't see why you can't release it through Steam?

[{Yotsuba}]

Just buy it elsewhere. There is at least one other digital distributor that is selling this game worldwide.

[Spathy]

I am calling massive BS on this.

How about every MMO released in Australia?, Battlefield 1943, Lead and Gold, The new online only Ubisoft DRM games, Dawn of War 2, CouterStrike, Team Fortress 2, DoD etc etc etc?

These developers are losers and deserve to have their game fail, especially when there is no dedicated servers involved.

[Dingo]

You can buy the game now from Impulse (http://www.impulsedriven.com/blacklight) or Direct2Drive (http://www.direct2drive.com/2/9654/product/Buy-Blacklight:-Tango-Down-Download)


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