Hotline Miami 2 removed from sale in Australia, customers refunded due to the game not being correctly rated – WGB

Hotline Miami 2: Improper Quantity was on the centre of some controversies when it launched almost a decade in the past. But someway all these years later, the sport remains to be inflicting issues, at the least for Australians.

Sony has despatched out Emails to folks (thanks to ResetEra’s Bishop 89 for grabbing a screenshot) telling them that the sport “has not obtained a correct score from the Australian Classification board” and so they have subsequently “taken steps to take away the product from clients who’ve obtained the sport by way of PlayStation Plus.”

Positive sufficient, a fast search of the Aussie PlayStation retailer reveals nothing. It has been wiped from existence. Anyone checking the sport of their recreation library stories discovering a lock image.

Hotline Miami 2 was notably not out there for Australia when it launched as a result of the Australian certification board wouldn’t grant it a score, basically banning the sport.

Nevertheless, in 2019 the sport appeared as a part of a Change assortment alongside the unique Hotline Miami. That version was quickly pulled down, though.

However followers had been hopeful all the pieces had lastly be sorted out when Hotline 2 popped up in Australia 12 months in the past. By way of PS Plus, hopeful clients might get it individually or as a part of the Hotline Miami Assortment.

It’s presently unclear how or why it has taken a complete yr for this challenge to return to gentle and for the sport to be eliminated. In some way it appears to have slipped by way of PlayStation’s cracks, although the writer should even be held accountable as they should have been conscious it wasn’t correctly rated and but was nonetheless out there. It’s potential they may face some authorized repercussions. Presumably, they should cough up the money to refund everybody who purchased the sport.