The Australian Classification Board banned Saints Row 4 for a second time today, a three-person panel unanimously refusing the game classification in its re-review. Drugs were again the cause of consternation for the ACB, who said the Volition's over-the-top sandbox game couldn't attain the recently introduced R18+ rating and as such be sold in the country because "drug use related to incentives and rewards is not permitted."

On January 1, Australia passed the much-lobbied-for law permitting games for audiences over the age of 15 to be bought in the country, these games carrying a R18+ rating. Many games have since earned the rating, including Ninja Gaiden 3 and Dead Island: Riptide, but in June Saints Row 4 became the first game to be refused classification since the law's introduction. It was soon followed by XBLA hit State of Decay, although unlike Saints Row 4 that game has since passed its re-review.

Saints Row 4 was expected to launch in Australia on August 23, but given the month or so between the first ban and re-review, it making that date seems unlikely. We've reached out to publisher Deep Silver for comment, and to ask if there are plans to resubmit the game for classification again.