Surprisingly, Australian authorities have imposed a sales ban on the survival title 'DayZ' in recent days, as certain elements in the game violate local laws and were apparently overlooked during the game's classification.
The issue explicitly concerns the consumption or promotion of marijuana in the game, which is subject to a restrictive zero-tolerance policy in Australia and therefore cannot be overtly glorified in either films or games. Developer Bohemia Interactive considered ways to circumvent this ban and chose arguably the worst possible approach, which now affects all players. "suffer" must – the censorship.
A future update will remove all content flagged in Australia from every available version of the game. The reason for this is to avoid offering a separate version for Australia or isolating these players from the rest of the world. a statement The following is stated in this regard:
“We don’t want to separate Australian players from the rest of the world, as many people play across regions. We love that DayZ is the place where we can meet up with friends and experience the game without dramatic regional lag.”
The world is in Australia's stranglehold, so to speak. When the update in question will be released is currently unclear.
