We Happy Few Denied Classification In Australia

<p>Ever since <em>We Happy Few<&sol;em> was released on Steam Early Access in 2016&comma; fans have been eagerly anticipating its full release&period; Now&comma; the Bioshock inspired game is expected to be released later this year&period; However&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s road to release might be a little rockier&period; Well&comma; at least it will be for Australia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Games 1 &lpar;a&rpar;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The game was refused classification in the country under the Games 1 &lpar;a&rpar; clause&period; The <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;classification&period;gov&period;au&sol;Pages&sol;View&period;aspx&quest;sid&equals;Ffv90u3KF24&percnt;2BbLElFazLKw&percnt;253d&percnt;253d&amp&semi;ncdctx&equals;4i8rCs43oeNXXrlwEn91CA6f3yoAHlAdhqByPc13qbuxxRE7tuZ&percnt;2BlJweCnU&percnt;2BiOI3">Classification Board<&sol;a> said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;<em>Reason&colon; Games 1&lpar;a&rpar;The computer game is classified RC in accordance with the National Classification Code&comma; Computer Games Table&comma; 1&period; &lpar;a&rpar; as computer games that &&num;8216&semi;depict&comma; express or otherwise deal with matters of sex&comma; drug misuse or addiction&comma; crime&comma; cruelty&comma; violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in such a way that they offend against the standards of morality&comma; decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that they should not be classified&period;<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Steam Early Access<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The game was released on Steam Early Access in 2016&period; A full release was expected in 2017&semi; however&comma; the date was pushed back to this year for further work&period; The game is set in an alternate-history version of 1960s England in the fictional town of Wellington Wells&period; Players take on the role of characters who refuse to take their mind-altering happy pills and must find a way to escape from the town without being caught by its citizens&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Neither the developers or publishers have responded to the denial&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;we-happy-few-preview&sol;"><em>We Happy Few<&sol;em><&sol;a> is going to be released for PlayStation 4&comma; Xbox One and PC&period; We&&num;8217&semi;ll update you when we hear more from developers Compulsion Games or publishers Gearbox Software&period; Right now&comma; it is unclear exactly when <em>We Happy Few<&sol;em> will be released&period; However&comma; it shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t be long more&period; That being said&comma; players can play its Early Access version on Steam and Xbox One&period; PlayStation 4 players will have to wait until its full release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;