There are several references to cyberpunk movies in the game. Examples of this include a gun manufacturer called 'Kusanagi', who produce two of the weapons in the game, and the Bullram revolver. The 'Kusanagi' weapons manufacturer is a reference to Major Motoko Kusanagi, from the Ghost in the Shell franchise, and the Bullram is modeled after the revolver Harrison Ford uses in Blade Runner (1982)
Completely banned in Australia due to the game's high impact violence. Never commercially saw the light of day in Germany neither because the USK rejected a rating for this game, and EA didn't feel like creating a modified version of the game particularly for wide release in Germany.