So the modifications that were made for the Australian version will also apply to the North American and European versions as well. They stated that on April 26th every region would get the same version of the game. Red Barrels also confirmed to Australian gaming website Press-Start that there would only be one version of Outlast 2 released worldwide. We now know that it was rated after Red Barrels clarified that the implied sexual assault scene was not in the game. Later on, the board updated the classification rating for Outlast 2, showing that a "modified" version had been sent in and that it was applicable for the R18+ rating. The Classification Board and Red Barrels withheld making statements about why the ratings decision was reversed, but they mentioned that they would share the details on March 25th. The odd part about it was that on March 20th Leyonhjelm made the speech in front of parliament to the Prime Minister, and on March 21st the Australian Classification Board reversed their decision on Outlast 2. reported that after the Classification Board refused to rate Outlast 2, the Senator took the Board to task for their inconsistent ratings and constant censorship of material when it comes to video games Senator Leyonhjelm told the Australian Classification Board to "leave gamers alone".
This conundrum actually managed to catch ire from New South Wales Senator, David Leyonhjelm. Quite naturally people questioned why they would outright refuse classification for the game instead of simply giving it a higher rating? Some people thought this was an odd move given that R18+ isn't even the highest rating in Australia. However, for the full game the implied sexual assault was enough to get the ratings board to deny Outlast 2 classification in the region.
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