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more about #germany Action Fitz: this is the way of the future, dont cave into the draconian censors. Fuck them. Let the german gaming electorate decide if they want to re-elect polit... more » Modus_Operandi: I'm sure German gamers have grown accustomed to this type of cenorship enough to already have established a nice pipeline of imported versions of the ... more » McGreed: Well, I guess that would really suck for the germans, as even though they could always get it outside of Germany, they won't get it translated into Ge... more » Penny29: This royally pisses me off. I live in Germany. I also work in the video games industry. We as an industry are responsible for a turnover of 695 millio... more » -MasterDex-: It's an understandable decision. After the way games have suffered due to modification to appease certain censorship boards, you can't really blame Se... more » Asbestos_Underwear: Violence aside AvP is not a franchise that enjoys any popularity in Germany. The game would not sell on its name in the first place and I doubt it has... more » surft: Be careful USK...H.R. Giger is not amused. more » eskimo103: Poor German gamers, they must be pretty disappointed :( Hope it doesnt happen here in Oz as well, although drugs seem to be more likely to push our h... more » Atomsk88: Whenever it's aliens, I never really see it as bad as human gore. It's like when I went to get Metroid Prime. My mother was concerned (as a good paren... more » Decoy_Doctorpus: Ha! That's what you get for invading Poland! #aliensvspredator more » GodhandX: just take out all the swastika's and references to Hitler and there you go. Then give them all black blood so that you are fighting "machines". Prob... more » kerihobo: i guess anyone that wants it in germany can just import, no biggie nowadays. who really loves games based on movies anyway? #aliensvspredator more » SophT: Bless you SEGA! This actually makes me happy that they'd rather give up a market than to consider 'kiddy-ing' the game up. It's Aliens, it's supposed... more » ShaggyB: Why cant we just have reviewers reviewing games? Is it really that hard to let them give you an honest critique. I liked AC1, I'll buy AC2 regardless ... more » Dinosaur Sr: How is this really any different from the bags of swag every editor gets all year long? We don't condone the behavior when it's called what it is, bu... more » puffa469: This is what happens when you tie developer bonuses and payouts to Metacritic scores. #assassinscreedii more » Shephard: I wouldn't give much about what the 'Computer Bild Spiele' says at all. That magazine is a branch of the infamous 'Bild' newspaper which is as bad as ... more » jodpel: I recall EGM's Editor in Chief getting black balled from Ubi's game previews for not gushing over AC1 in his preview blurb/article. They were quite a... more » BoomingEchoes: Owen, maybe you can answer something for me, or maybe someone else at Kotaku can, about this.. Its about the ethics and moral codes of game reviewing... more » resvrgam: This is news? As someone that's been thoroughly disgusted by the politics of this industry for years, I've heard much worse (developers actually writ... more » -
#avp
Aliens vs Predator vs Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle
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 » -
#rumor
German Mag Claims Ubi Demanded Positive Review on Assassin's Creed II [Update]
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 » -
#censorship
Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
Australia isn't the only nation receiving a powercleaned version of Left 4 Dead 2. Germany, no doubt because of the killerspiele hysteria, has a similarly sanitized demo. But guess what, it also runs 40 percent faster. More » -
#clips
How'd That Germany "Killer Game" Trashing Rally Go? (Eh....)
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 » -
#politics
German Activist Group's "Killer Game" Toss Makes Me Uncomfortable
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 » -
#rumor
Swastika Gets Wolfenstein Pulled from German Shelves
Nazi imagery is a big nein-nein in Germany, and the localized 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 » -
#blizzard
Diablo III: Some Versions Will Be Edited
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 it's released in certain markets. More » -
#violentvideogames
EA Germany Exec Accuses Gov't of Game Censorship
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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#gamescom
You're Wondering: How Many People Went To Gamescom?
Gamescom came, it did, it went. Seemed like a success from where we were sitting! But as a public event, the show's success depended not only on media coverage, but on the number of punters through the door. More » -
#europe
And Europe's New "Biggest Market" Is... [UPDATE]
The answer is pretty obvious to those who know their DDRs from their FRGs, but if you haven't the foggiest on where that image above is from, know that the United Kingdom is no longer the biggest games market. More » -
#gamescom
Brink, WET, Red Steel 2 Added to Growing Gamescom List
With less than two weeks to go before Gamescom kicks off in Cologne, the list of games that will be present and playable continues to grow. More » -
#germany
Crytek Threatens To Leave Germany
With titles like Far Cry and Crysis, developer Crytek is one of the biggest studios in Germany. That may change, though, because German interior ministers aim to outlaw the production of violent games. More » -
#leipzig
Poor Old Leipzig Ain't What It Used To Be
Last year, Leipzig was host to Europe's premier games industry expo, which attracted over 200,000 people. This year? Leipzig's Games Convention Online could only attract 43,000 punters. More » -
#rumor
German PS3 Slim Listing Now Has Picture [Update]
Things are getting more interesting with this PS3 Slim rumor. The German Amazon.com site featuring the listing now has a picture of it, and it looks a lot like rumored PS3 Slim sightings from before. More » -
#rumor
German Amazon Lists PS3 Slim
Earlier this May, supposed "leaked" photos from a Chinese plant showed what's reported to be the PS3 Slim. The German Amazon site now has a listing for "PlayStation 3 Konsole slim". More » -
#clips
German Gamers Venture Outside To Protest Violent Gaming Crackdown
Poor old Germany. The nation's politicans have in recent years really started to crack down on violent video games, and since many of the best games are violent games, this presents is a problem. More » -
#funcom
Age Of Conan Expands At GamesCom
A work in progress for the better part of a year, Funcom is finally ready to take the next step with Age of Conan, teasing an expansion announcement to take place in Germany next month. More » -
#wii
Wii Graffiti Mod Wins A Design Prize
We thought WiiSpray - a Wii mod put together by a couple of German design students - was pretty neat. We're not the only ones, as the judges of the iF Communication Design Awards are equally impressed. More » -
#gamescom2009
GamesCom Is Coming And We're Going
With less than two months until Europe tries to transplant the tremendous success of the Leipzig Gamescon to the more centrally located Cologne Gamescom, the festival's backers tell us things are looking good. More » -
#germany
German Pols Push to Ban Development of Violent Games
Germany's latest demagogue tantrum against "killerspiele" - violent video games - could be shrugged off as hot air, except for the fact it would ban even their development. So Germany-based Crytek would have to move. More »
