Germany to ban all violent video games?

News Portal · **Posted:** 16 Jun 09, 4:25 pm

News that was missed in all the E3 drama: German ministers have started making plans to ban the distribution and production of all violent video games, with the law due before parliament in the coming weeks.

Germany have always had a pretty strict censorship / classification policy, forcing various big-name games to be edited before being approved for release in the country. Blood is not acceptable and anything to do with the Nazis is forbidden (understandably) - but this new move is a big one.

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Batesy · **Posted:** 16 Jun 09, 4:30 pm

Bek · **Posted:** 16 Jun 09, 4:32 pm

Whoa... OH NOES NO MORE PLAYING COD4 AGAINST OZGUR

That really really sucks, especially for Crytek.. I still don't beleive this will happen.

(also, can we blame Hitler for this? :roll:

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blaze · **Joined:** 29 Jun 03, 7:06 pm **Posts:** 49

don't make them mad or they will try to cleanse the world again.

Wolfstar90 · **Posted:** 16 Jun 09, 4:38 pm

So what's next? Ban all violent movies? TV shows? Music?
Stupid idea. Linking shootings to video games is also pretty sad. I'd imagine if someone wanted to go around and shoot everyone at their school they would have done it acting out CS moves or not.

Terrorists win?

Axwell · **Posted:** 16 Jun 09, 4:39 pm

These ministers need to get a clue imo.

coder61 · **Posted:** 16 Jun 09, 5:03 pm

Is that where Aussie game Censor's come from ?

Dexterian · **Posted:** 16 Jun 09, 5:06 pm

No more violent games?

Ouch. Even the childrens titles have some form of violence. Guess they'll have to play sim garden... wait... that could promote violence to plants...

Tetris it is!

>XaartaX< · **Posted:** 16 Jun 09, 5:12 pm

Rather than outsource I'd imagine Crytek would just pack their bags and go next door.

dinofreak · **Posted:** 16 Jun 09, 5:14 pm

Dexterian wrote:

Tetris it is!

But you DESTROY rows of blocks in Tetris, how about we all go play in the sensory deprivation tanks.

Swedish_Chef · **Posted:** 16 Jun 09, 5:26 pm

No more Super Smash Bros for Germany

sokhar · **Joined:** 19 Mar 08, 8:40 pm **Posts:** 94

what do you expect... the CDU (christian democratic union) are a bunch of religious conservatives.... no surprise they chose to try to curb people's freedoms because they believe they are doing the 'right' thing. i just feel sorry for The Angry German Kid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_(Germany)#Policies

BEEX · **Posted:** 16 Jun 09, 5:54 pm

frigin lame!...but i can see a wave of mods coming from germany,ha!
theres more "real" violence in sports.

oxygen · **Posted:** 16 Jun 09, 5:55 pm

Economics will stop this from happening. People will start ordering from other European countries, or even driving across a border to grab them. No doubt online downloading will increase as well.

Then a bunch of businesses will start complaining about losing money to competitors and the government of the day will be pressured to repeal the laws.

s1elite · **Posted:** 16 Jun 09, 5:58 pm

Ouch. I wonder how many people whose jobs depend on those games being legal suddenly feel like going on their own murderous rampage...

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