Valve bans 26 games in German Steam Store, Star Wars games is one of em
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[QUOTE]Scores of controversial games, spanning an era of over twenty years, have just been [URL="http://steamcommunity.com/groups/foruncut#announcements/detail/604985754884746774"]pulled[/URL] from the German Steam store. [...][B]Whilst there has been no official word from the folks at Valve, this seems to have been done due to the titles appearing on [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Department_for_Media_Harmful_to_Young_Persons#The_indexing_process"]The List of Media Harmful to Young People[/URL] (also known as The Index).
This list is a collection of media that have various possible restrictions placed upon them to protect children from media deemed unsuitable.[/B] It includes things such as games, music, books and movies, and is run by the [URL="http://www.bundespruefstelle.de/bpjm/Service/english.html"]Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Person[/URL], a branch of the German government.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE][I]The removed games:[/I][I][I]
Aliens versus Predator Classic[/I]
[I] Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold[/I]
[I] Blood: One Unit Whole Blood[/I]
[I] Blood II: The Chosen + Expansion[/I]
[I]BloodRayne[/I]
[I] BloodRayne 2[/I]
[I] Carmageddon Max Pack[/I]
[I] Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now[/I]
[I] Harvester[/I]
[I] Kingpin — Life of Crime[/I]
[I] MALE[/I]
[I] Painkiller: Black Edition[/I]
[I] Painkiller Hell & Damnation[/I]
[I] Painkiller Overdose[/I]
[I] Postal[/I]
[I] Postal 2[/I]
[I] Postal 3[/I]
[I] POSTAL Redux[/I]
[I] Rise of the Triad[/I]
[I] Rune Classic[/I]
[I] Shadow Warrior Classic Redux[/I]
[I] SiN Episodes: Emergence[/I]
[I] Star Wars Dark Forces[/I]
[I] The Chaos Engine[/I]
[I] TimeShift[/I]
[I] UberSoldier II
[/I][/I]
[I]Various bundles that include the removed titles have also been pulled:
[/I]
[I] [I]Carmageddon Complete Pack[/I]
[I] Lucasarts Jedi Knight Bundle[/I]
[I] Nordic Games Classic Mix[/I]
[I] Painkiller Complete Pack[/I]
[I] Painkiller Hell and Damnation Standard 4-pack[/I]
[I] Painkiller Hell and Damnation Collectors[/I]
[I] POSTAL 2 4-Pack[/I]
[I] POSTAL 2 + Paradise Lost[/I]
[I] Rise of the Triad – 4 Pack[/I]
[I] Star Wars Collection – 2015 -RP[/I]
[I] The Apogee Throwback Pack[/I]
[/I]
[I] The Chaos Engine 2-Pack[/I][/QUOTE]
[URL]http://techraptor.net/content/26-controversial-games-pulled-steam-german-crack[/URL]
They don't seem to understand these games [I]are not suitable for minors[/I]!... My folks over in Germany must be paranoid as shit.
considering videogames are considered children's toys or smth in there still is the reason and it baffles me
[QUOTE=Cold;50445061]Duplicate of, [url]https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1520828[/url][/QUOTE]
I swear i've checked if someone posted it already. Guess i've missed it.
Germany usually use a section of the "[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strafgesetzbuch]Strafgesetzbuch[/url]"-law to ban "violent movies/games".
§ 131 Outlaws the dissemination or public display of media "which describe cruel or otherwise inhuman acts of violence against human or humanoid beings"..
So in theory; they'll even ban games that display violence against something that looks human: Robots, aliens .. ect.
[QUOTE=Nak;50445139]Germany usually use a section of the "[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strafgesetzbuch]Strafgesetzbuch[/url]"-law to ban "violent movies/games".
§ 131 Outlaws the dissemination or public display of media "which describe cruel or otherwise inhuman acts of violence against human or humanoid beings"..
So in theory; they'll even ban games that display violence against something that looks human: Robots, aliens .. ect.[/QUOTE]
In practice that doesn't happen anymore.
If you are interrested go read the linked thread, this is not a crackdown on violent videogames on Steam by the government, but Valve cleaning up and removing games they legally can not sell on the store.
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