Australian Saints Row IV co-op incompatible with international release

The Australian Classification Board may have eventually approved Saints Row IV for release in the country but at the cost of multiplayer co-op with gamers outside Australia.

An apologetic post on the Official Saints Row Facebook page (which has since been deleted) mentions a couple things on how the Australian version differs from any other version of the game. A single mission has been cut to meet the strict AU Classification criteria, but that’s not all. Gamers down under will be unable to play online with gamers outside of their country (unless they import the game of course).

“While we are very proud of all our different missions, we do feel that Saints Row IV on the whole remains largely the same without this single optional mission, and we also feel that you deserve to know what you are getting in Australia.

Due to the changes we were forced to make, this version is different than the version rated by rating boards like the ESRB, USK, and PEGI, which is why it will be incompatible with those versions in co-op.”

With the Xbox 360 version being the only region-locked version, PS3 and PC players do have the option to import the International, un-censored game from overseas. However, this does mean they won’t be able to play online with friends who reside locally in Australia.

Saints Row 4 releases two weeks from now for PS3, Xbox360 and PC.