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Aliens Vs Predator Vs Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle
7:00PM Luke Plunkett | This story involves Germany and a video game packed with violent content, so yeah, you can already imagine where things are headed from here. More »
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German Mag Claims Ubi Demanded Positive Review On Assassin’s Creed II
12:00PM Owen Good | Computer Bild Spiele of Germany has, on its December cover, a blurb touting an “Assassin’s Creed 2 SKANDAL!” It alleges Ubisoft wanted a score of “very good” before it would turn over a review copy of the game. More »
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Germany’s Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
2:00PM Owen Good | Australia isn’t the only nation receiving a power-cleaned version of Left 4 Dead 2. Germany, no doubt because of the killerspiele hysteria, has a similarly sanitised demo. But guess what, it also runs 40 per cent faster. More »
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Any Objections To Phoenix Wright On The Wii?
2:20PM Luke Plunkett | Germany’s Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK), the country’s ratings board, have let slip a listing for an upcoming Phoenix Wright title. For the Wii. More »
Culture
How’d That Germany “Killer Game” Trashing Rally Go? (Eh….)
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Over the weekend, a German advocacy group asked individuals to bring their “killer games” to the front of an opera house to throw away in a large dumpster. More »
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German Activist Group’s “Killer Game” Toss Makes Me Uncomfortable
8:30PM AJ Glasser | Game Politics reports that a German advocacy group wants people to bring their “killer games” to the front of an opera house to throw away. One lucky tosser (har, har) will win a signed jersey from a sports team. More »
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Swastika Gets Wolfenstein Pulled From German Shelves
3:40AM Owen Good | Nazi imagery is a big nein-nein in Germany, and the localised version of Wolfenstein was supposed to have removed all of it. A small swastika slipped through, and Activision is said to be recalling the game from shelves there. More »
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Diablo III: Some Versions Will Be Edited
4:30PM Luke Plunkett | The world is a big place. And what’s cool for one part of it may not be so cool for another. Take Diablo III, for example, which will have its violent content edited when its released in certain markets. More »
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EA Germany Exec Accuses Gov’t Of Game Censorship
12:40PM Owen Good | Wracked by a mass shooting partially blamed on games, the government considering a ban on “killerspiele” and developer Crytek threatening to leave, Germany’s firsthand experience in the violent games debate is like no other country’s right now. More »
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