{"id":2857,"date":"2025-03-25T13:49:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T14:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=2857"},"modified":"2025-03-27T18:21:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:21:31","slug":"silent-hill-f-has-not-been-banned-in-australia-despite-what-website-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/silent-hill-f-has-not-been-banned-in-australia-despite-what-website-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill f has not been banned in Australia despite what website says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Australia is very strict about the kind of games it allows (Konami)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although the Australian Classification Board\u2019s website said otherwise, Silent Hill f has not been hit with the ban hammer\u2026 at least not yet.<\/p>\n

When Konami laid out all its new Silent Hill projects, it was naturally the remake of Silent Hill 2<\/a> that generated the most interest. However, of all the many new titles that have been announced it’s always Silent Hill f that has looked the most interesting.<\/p>\n

Written by Ryukishi07, creator of the When They Cry horror visual novel series, its first real trailer<\/a> is very promising, confirming a new 1960s Japanese setting, a schoolgirl protagonist, and a lot of twisted imagery.<\/p>\n

With the game\u2019s website promising \u2018drug-induced hallucinations, torture, and graphic violence\u2019, it wasn\u2019t too surprising to hear that Silent Hill f was already being banned in Australia<\/a>\u2026 except it hasn\u2019t been.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, it was reported that the Australian Classification Board (ACB), which is responsible for providing age ratings for video games (as well as movies and TV shows) had refused classification for Silent Hill f, based on details on their own website.<\/p>\n

However, in a statement to Stevivor<\/a> the ACB said this wasn\u2019t the case: \u2018Silent Hill f is not currently classified as \u2018Refused Classification\u2019 in Australia.\u2019<\/p>\n

It has now removed the incorrect data from the ACB website, adding that \u2018a classification decision will be published to the National Classification Database ahead of the game\u2019s release.\u2019<\/p>\n

Although no official explanation has been given for the error, it is speculated that it was due to a self-reporting tool. The tool requires developers to answer a questionnaire about their game\u2019s content, so it\u2019s possible the tool automatically decided Silent Hill f wasn\u2019t viable for a release in Australia.<\/p>\n

Will Silent Hill f be banned?<\/h2>\n

It wouldn\u2019t be too shocking if Australia wound up banning Silent Hill f anyway, considering the country is far stricter with censorship than the UK or the US. For the longest time, video games that featured extreme violence, drug use, and nudity were typically banned in Australia, making it the strictest country in the Western world.<\/p>\n

Silent Hill f\u2019s ESRB rating<\/a> makes it clear that the game will feature such content, listing specific moments that are particularly gory as well as mentioning \u2018a nude mannequin-like character, with exposed buttocks and partially exposed breasts.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Silent Hill’s been violent before but the new one sounds like it’ll take things further (Konami)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2013 though, Australia introduced the R18+ rating, allowing more mature games to be released in the country. That said, there are still plenty of games that remain banned even with the new age rating, particularly ones that depict or imply sexual violence towards minors.<\/p>\n

Silent Hill f\u2019s protagonist is a teenager, and the trailer and website show she will come to harm throughout the game (as evidenced by her torn school uniform). Not to mention the game will feature instances, or at leastreferences to, child abuse.<\/p>\n

Depending on how far the violence goes, the ACB could deem the game inappropriate even for an R18+ rating. That or force Konami and developer NeoBards Entertainment to make a censored version, which is what happened with 2008’s Silent Hill: Homecoming.<\/p>\n

When is the Silent Hill f release date?<\/h2>\n

As it stands, Silent Hill f doesn\u2019t have any sort of release window<\/strong>. Although given it has already been rated by the ESRB, it stands to reason that it\u2019ll be out before the end of the year.<\/p>\n

Finnish outlet Muropaketti<\/a> did suggest the game would launch in July (as shared in the Silent Hill subreddit<\/a>), but this is likely a mistake on its part since the article has since been updated to remove mention of any date.<\/p>\n

An autumn launch would make sense, to match the Halloween vibes, but Konami may be eager to avoid clashing with GTA 6, which is still scheduled for a vague autumn release window<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Bloober Team, the developer behind the Silent Hill 2 remake, has its own original horror game scheduled for 2025. Titled Cronos: The New Dawn, it has more of a sci-fi aesthetic, as it sees you travel back in time to 1980s Poland after a cataclysmic event has turned people into monsters.<\/p>\n

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After Silent Hill 2, Bloober’s earned some cautious optimism for its next original game (Bloober Team)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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