In the last few weeks, we’ve spoken at great length about games possibly coming under attack, as they did in the 90s, and how Australia is proof that it doesn’t work. Well, my line in the DayZ article states that DayZ went from an MA15+ in Australia to, “the first RC (refused classification) of 2019.” It turns out I was right to say “the first,” as we now know of a codenamed Rockstar project that has been refused classification as well.

Under the rulings of classification boards, to be refused is to ban the product on a federal level. As we found out earlier this week, refusing classification in Australia is only a term that can be ignored by the attorney-generals of each state. This effectively makes a rating board (such as the ACB) as effective as a law from 1832 that is still in place, however, was canceled out by a more modern law (which is very common).

The Rockstar Games project that is in this indefinite limbo of the law is codenamed “Bonaire.” Why is this important? I hear you ask. Well, it means nothing, there’s no record of it being anything in English other than a remnant of the Spanish-Dutch Caribbean island that has since become the Dutch principality. At least that’s what we thought for a moment if the codenamed carries no meaning. Then we found two areas of the US with the same name, Bonaire, Texas, and Bonaire, Georgia.

This among other speculation running rampant prompted us to look towards Red Dead Redemption 2, a game set in the south of the US, though it doesn’t go as far a Georgia. Some speculate it to be an expansion of the game, while others see it as an update to the online portion. It really is a mixed opinion on that one. However, this doesn’t stop us from speculating the possibility of a PC release of said game, something that’s been rumored for a while.

Right now, there is no information on the title, hence the codename. Though through the image above, we can see it would be the third game to be released under Rockstar Games and not an individual studio. We can also see that the IARC (International Age Rating Coalition) put forth the application with the ACB (Australian Classification Board). However, the image is all we have as the page this was taken from has since been removed from the ACB website. This is also how we know, if you are going to speculate on the “Computer games” section this is the term used for all games.

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