Huh? Army of Two "Banned" in Germany

Posted by Jonathan on Thursday, March 6th, 2008 at 11:48 am under Electronic Arts, Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Related Laws, Gamer Life, Games, Games Industry, Microsoft, Sony

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Well, once again our fellow gamers in Germany are missing out on a new title thanks to their ratings board. Their version of the ESRB, the Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK), has refused to classify the just-released Army of Two, effectively banning it from retail in the country. Unfortunately, no specific reasons were given for the decision, so it’s hard to say what distinguishes this title from the other “guys shooting things and making them blow up” type of games. Anyone know what the deal is? Do they just hate masks there or what?

Via Kotaku

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8 Responses to “Huh? Army of Two "Banned" in Germany”

  • Sparker says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 12:11 pm

    :!: :!: :?: :?: :?: :!: Thats really stupid :!: :!: :?: :?: :?:

  • ..... says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 12:34 pm

    STASI ftw!!

  • William says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 12:59 pm

    crazy Germans

  • SpiralGray says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    You should listen to the most recent Major Nelson podcast. He had a fellow from Microsoft Germany on who did a really good job of explaining the two ratings boards in Germany and what it really means to be unrated or "on the index."

  • weclock says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    I'm willing to bet if they had pikachu and jiggly puff masks Germany wouldn't have banned it.

  • Iku Tri says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 7:24 pm

    @weclock

    Aha! I know where thats from!

    Unless they don't like Pokemon…

  • will says:
    March 7th, 2008 at 4:54 am

    Actually it's a kirby mask…

  • thekman says:
    March 8th, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    i don't care much for Germany the only thing i no is i want that game..

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