{"id":162618,"date":"2025-09-21T13:23:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T13:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2141955"},"modified":"2025-09-21T13:23:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T13:23:28","slug":"australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Classification board says Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is too offensive to go on sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Disco Elysium: The Final Cut will not go on sale in Australia after its classification board refused to classify it.<\/p>\n<p>An update on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classification.gov.au\/titles\/disco-elysium-final-cut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Classification website<\/a> states that the game was refused classification because it &#8220;depict[s], express[es] or otherwise deal[s] with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in such a way that they offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that they should not be classified&#8221; (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/378706\/Disco_Elysium_The_Final_Cut_has_been_refused_classification_in_Australia.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gamasutra<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>This means that unless developer ZA\/UM &#8211; which, as yet, as not publicly responded to the decision &#8211; censors or cuts the content committee deems problematic, the game is unable to be legally sold in Australia. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-03-21-australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-03-21-australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disco Elysium: The Final Cut will not go on sale in Australia after its classification board refused to classify it. An update on the Australian Classification website states that the game was refused classification because it &#8220;depict[s], express[es] or otherwise deal[s] with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in such a way that they offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that they should not be classified&#8221; (thanks, Gamasutra). This means that unless developer ZA\/UM &#8211; which, as yet, as not publicly responded to the decision &#8211; censors or cuts the content committee deems problematic, the game is unable to be legally sold in Australia. Read&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":162619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Australian Classification board says Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is too offensive to go on sale | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Disco Elysium: The Final Cut will not go on sale in Australia after its classification board refused to classify it.An update on the Australian\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australian Classification board says Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is too offensive to go on sale | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Disco Elysium: The Final Cut will not go on sale in Australia after its classification board refused to classify it.An update on the Australian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-21T13:23:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"169\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Australian Classification board says Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is too offensive to go on sale\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-21T13:23:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":147,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Eurogamer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\\\/\",\"name\":\"Australian Classification board says Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is too offensive to go on sale | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-21T13:23:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"Disco Elysium: The Final Cut will not go on sale in Australia after its classification board refused to classify it.An update on the Australian\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":169,\"caption\":\"Australian Classification board says Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is too offensive to go on sale\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Australian Classification board says Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is too offensive to go on sale\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Australian Classification board says Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is too offensive to go on sale | Arcader News","description":"Disco Elysium: The Final Cut will not go on sale in Australia after its classification board refused to classify it.An update on the Australian","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Australian Classification board says Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is too offensive to go on sale | Arcader News","og_description":"Disco Elysium: The Final Cut will not go on sale in Australia after its classification board refused to classify it.An update on the Australian","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2025-09-21T13:23:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":169,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Australian Classification board says Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is too offensive to go on sale","datePublished":"2025-09-21T13:23:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/"},"wordCount":147,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale.jpg","articleSection":["Eurogamer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/","name":"Australian Classification board says Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is too offensive to go on sale | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-21T13:23:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"Disco Elysium: The Final Cut will not go on sale in Australia after its classification board refused to classify it.An update on the Australian","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale.jpg","width":300,"height":169,"caption":"Australian Classification board says Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is too offensive to go on sale"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/australian-classification-board-says-disco-elysium-the-final-cut-is-too-offensive-to-go-on-sale\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Australian Classification board says Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is too offensive to go on sale"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1331676,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162618\/revisions\/1331676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}