Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) has refused to grant PC World War One shooter Necrovision a classification on the grounds of the game containing excessive violence.

Developed by Polish studio The Farm 51, the title is a supernatural first-person shooter set across the battlefields of WWI and a demon-infested underworld.

The OFLC’s website is currently undergoing maintenance and the body couldn't be reached for comment, but it explained its objections to the title in the following statement issued to GameSpot:

"Injury detail is high with pieces of flesh seen flying from bodies when shot or a high level of wound detail visible on bodies. Post mortem damage occurs when bodies are shot resulting in blood spray, dismemberment and decapitation."

The OFLC is notoriously strict when it comes to games – while the Australian federal government said last year that it is considering introducing an R18+ classification for games, no rating higher than 15+ currently exists for the medium, despite the fact that movies and magazines can receive adult classification.

Necrovision is the first game to receive a ban in Australia this year. Last year five titles (Shellshock 2: Blood Trails, Silent Hill: Homecoming, Dark Sector, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin and Fallout 3) were refused classification by the OLFC, although a number of those decisions were later overturned following appeals and content changes.