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Dead Space Banned in Germany, Japan and China

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In a posting on the official Dead Space Web site, EA community manager Ben Swanson announced that the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC game "will be banned in Germany, China, and Japan." Swanson did not say what indications the team has received to suggest the imminent banning of the sci-fi survival horror game.

Dead Space is set for an October 14 console release in North America (October 20 for the PC version), with a European launch set for October 24. As of press time, EA representatives had not returned requests for clarification on the nature of the bans or why they are expected to come.
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sonarus - 477 days 18 hours ago
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I don't get the Japan ban
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Jenzo - 477 days 13 hours ago
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Afraid it might compete with Resident Evil perhaps?
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Gazman - 477 days 13 hours ago
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I'm surprised Australia is not on the list, only time will tell
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ultrachrist - 477 days 12 hours ago
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Oh yeah... Japan is going to ban a game to help out Capcom
Get real.

Decapitation, and probably the dismemberment wouldn't sit well with them I guess.
Anyone remember how you can't get decapitated in the Japanese version of RE4? I don't think that's the first game to be censored like that in Japan either

Actually I think in Ninja Gaiden you can't decap people either. I'm not sure about all the gore in NG2 though
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Xiphos - 477 days 12 hours ago
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Pretty strange...

Dismemberment = Banned
Tentacle hentai = Rated 12+

...but I guess we're the exact opposite in America. Sex seems to be much more taboo in gaming. Show a side boob and FOX News will declare the moral fabric of society being ripped to shreds. Excess violence will still bring the whiners out of whatever cave they've been crying in, but you can get away with some pretty gruesome stuff before bans are even considered.
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beavis4play - 477 days 8 hours ago
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1.5 - my thoughts exactly sonarus.....
with all the crazy violent horror films/porn available in japan, i hardly think a videogame can be more disturbing than that.
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Rice - 477 days 17 hours ago
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why?
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El_Colombiano - 477 days 17 hours ago
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Man this game is shaping up to rock! Its getting banned so that mean it'll be gritty and gory! Yes!
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Max Power - 477 days 3 hours ago
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3.1 - that doesn't....
necessarily mean good
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El_Colombiano - 477 days 3 hours ago
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Well its getting banned for some reason or another, so I guess because it's to mature for those countries rating system, which is always a good thing.
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consolewar - 477 days ago
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"el colombiano yearbook"----> most likely to fail
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El_Colombiano - 476 days 17 hours ago
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Was that a feeble attempt to offend me?
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KBDuB - 477 days 17 hours ago
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Yo, that sucks..
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toxic27 - 477 days 17 hours ago
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ouch..
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cemelc - 477 days 17 hours ago
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Is going to get delayed damn it

I hope the america version dont go the same way, i been waiting for a decent horror game for years now (RE doesnt count cos an action game)
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KBDuB - 477 days 15 hours ago
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They can't really outlaw it in the U.S. But, if it gets an AO rating, then it won't be sold, since no stores, at least big retailers, sell AO games. -.-

So, yea, then they would have to delay it, to tone it down. Which would suck. =/
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Brixxer600 - 477 days 14 hours ago
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Do these people not realise it's a game ?, i complain about a lot of things we put up witj in the UK but i wouldn't say that our guys are bad for this sort of thing, hope it doesn't put it back now because this is looking like it'll be good.
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evolution54 - 477 days 13 hours ago
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8 - Importing the game...
Can't they just import the game for the PS3 and PC (assuming that they can understand English)?

I don't get all these banning game issues for reals.
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HeartlesskizZ - 477 days 13 hours ago
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Ebay will take actions on this game hehe...
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qohelet - 477 days 13 hours ago
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great thing, now all the underage h@rdcore gamaz will want to play it
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gambare - 477 days 13 hours ago
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11 - It's just a guess...
*spoilers*

but part of the game story relates a internal "cult" that had the idea about the monoliths found buried on the surface of the planet were a creation of God itself, it manifest many visions to certain people, and the Cult believed this was the word of god, and then committed mass suicide in order to get in touch with this "God"

in Asia they got the problem of religious cults with the idea of transcend their spirits with god with the suicide. But I don't have an exact idea of why in Germany too unless they got Asian religious groups related with this religions.
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Max Power - 477 days 3 hours ago
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11.1 - i would think....
that china would be the only one to get all uppity about something like that, but germany and japan?
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Harri4444 - 477 days 12 hours ago
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its going to be like grand theft 4 all over agin
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Ozzyb - 477 days 12 hours ago
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The thing that bugs me is.. All the gore in this game (main character aside) involves space aliens... I got it! Japan, China and Germany are 3 nations ruled by space aliens in human skin-suits! It all makes sense now.. See what happens when you put two & two together? MAGIC! Damn you Japan! I knew humans couldn't make games like MGS4!

But seriously, I don't want this game to flop in sales if it is as good as it looks.
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Pavel - 477 days 12 hours ago
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14 - i don't get it
when someone makes a nice scarry game why do people always have to ban it...maan im glad i live in US

feel sorry for people who lives in this countries (
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menel4 - 477 days 11 hours ago
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Revenge of the Judes
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Deviant - 477 days 9 hours ago
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"judes" ...-.-
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tiropitas - 477 days 11 hours ago
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16 - i doubt its the gore part
at least for japan. Those guys produce the goriest movies and animation ever. I find it weird that its banned there.
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SL1M DADDY - 477 days 10 hours ago
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17 - Sucks to be them I guess...
Sad really, this game is shaping up to look pretty wicked. Glad I live where the game is being released.
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Fluffy2Duffy - 477 days 9 hours ago
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It's just a damn game! it's quite sad, i'll understand if they ban Postal 3 but not Dead space
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Hellsvacancy - 477 days 9 hours ago
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19 - Its even more of an incentive 4me 2buy it now
Dead Space is 1 of my big 3 this fall, im glad i live in the uk, it sucks that its banned in Japan but i guess they r gettin Final Fantasy b4 everyone else
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clearelite - 477 days 7 hours ago
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20 - pretty lame
That's blatant censorship. It's that the whole point of the ratings system and the parents. To keep "questionable" material out of the hands of their innocent lil kids. Anyway, i just got a little bit more interested in this game for some reason. WrTF banned?
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Lumbo - 477 days 6 hours ago
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Thats cause you fail to know what "banned" actually includes in Germany, say opposed to "banned" in Australia.

Short version:

Normally games get RATED by the USK, an industry led group that follows the youth protection laws in Germany to set an age level for every game. A game that does not get an age level is automatically AO (adult only) AO material may not be sold via mail order as non adults may get their little greedy hands on it without their parents knowing ...

If a game is NOT rated there is a process for the local youth protection agencies to request the item marked as "not suitable for non adults" this will work like an AO rating only with stricter terms:

You may not advertise or actively promote a "banned" title, but you may buy it from a store as an adult if said store has it "below the counter".

But you have to ask for the game. Most better gamestores can also order a game that has been "banned" for you upon request.

Compared to the AU and UK version of banning, that makes it illegal to sell something, this is usable though it makes it more difficult to buy certain stuff. Sadly console manufacturers tend to deny selling products without a rating, hence Gears of War never launched in Germany as it wasn't granted a rating. You can easily order a version from Austria though, as its the same language version. Its simply a result of the German history that resulted in a cultural aversion to gross violence. No problem getting kinky pr0n, but violence gets you off limit , fast. Movies don't face such a hard time cause "art" is specially protected in the bill of rights and may not be limited.
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Killjoy3000 - 477 days 1 hour ago
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How will this game sell now?
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IAm1Bearcat - 476 days 23 hours ago
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im surprised Germany even sells game consoles. jesus, do they get to play any sci-fi / horror / mature rated game?

no wonder the wii is a hot seller... thats all Germany will allow to be sold!
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