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Blood blooper all mopped up.

Rockstar has popped out a patch that rectifies the GTAIV censorship mix-up reported yesterday

So, Europe will go back to being unchecked, while Australian content will again be toned down.

The blooper was triggered by an update for Xbox 360-exclusive DLC The Lost and Damned, which somehow swapped regional censorship rules, leaving us with bodies that refused to spurt blood and only one camera angle to watch prostitute encounters. Dammit!

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned was released earlier this week for 1600 Microsoft Points (GBP 13.60 / EUR 19.20). That's quite a lot of dosh, but adequate for the benchmark-setting level of content on offer.

Head over to our Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned review to see what we thought.

About Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
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- Release date 17/02/2009
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Thunderbolt #1 3 years ago

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I'm digging what I've played so far.

Havent really noticed the lack of blood so far

But I did see the willy unfortunately
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brappbrap #2 3 years ago

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Phew!
I was finding harder than normal to fully satisfy myself with the prostitute encounters and wondered why.
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saku #3 3 years ago

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Just my luck - after so much hard work at the final revenge mission of the original storyline I manage finish it on the same day that the patch has disabled the gore... oh well, I believe that I didn't miss too much, after 50 hours of GTAIV I really want to play something completely different now (hello Noby Noby Boy ).
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mrmonkey1980 #4 3 years ago

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I think they did it on purpose to give the aussies a hance to have the proper game. If they don't download the new patch theyw ill keep it uncensored like us
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Retroid #5 3 years ago

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I murdered a tramp on the beach just to test this.

Then I did it in GTA4! \o/
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foamy #6 3 years ago

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Retroid, lolz
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Genji #7 3 years ago

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Do you have to download the patch? I'm Australian. Probably never going to play this game, but I'm interested to know.
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red_shift #8 3 years ago

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Get out of here! This is Eurogamer not Australasiagamer.
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NegativeZero #9 3 years ago

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@red_shift: didn't you get the memo from Nintendo all those years ago when they came up with these game region shenanigans? Australia is part of Europe. The mapmakers who try to tell you differently are all in on the conspiracy.
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smelly #10 3 years ago

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"didn't you get the memo from Nintendo all those years ago when they came up with these game region shenanigans"

Nothing to do with australia having tvs in the Pal format then?
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