Bethesda has confirmed that the version of Fallout 3 that was censored to meet the conditions of its release in Australia will be released in all territories.

The names of drugs used in the game had to be changed from real world prescription drugs to fictional ones if it was to be released in Australia, because the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification took exception to the depictions of drug use in the post-apocalyptic RPG.

As a result of this, Bethesda has decided to publish the sans-morphine version of Fallout 3 in all territories, with the company's Vice-President of PR and Marketing, Pete Hines, explaining to Edge Online:

"We want to make sure folks understand that the Australian version of Fallout 3 is identical to both the UK and North American versions in every way, on every platform."

"An issue was raised concerning references to real world, proscribed drugs in the game, and we subsequently removed those references and replaced them with fictional names," Hines continued. "To avoid confusion among people in different territories, we decided to make those substitutions in all versions of the game, in all territories."