Germany Bans EU CoD: Black Ops for PC

[Vuljatar]

This is a situation where piracy is not only completely justified, but it is, in fact, a responsibility.

Stick it to the man, German gamers. Pirate like crazy, and encourage everyone you know to do the same.

/salute

 

[archvile93]

I feel for you guys. Australia and Germany: The two villainous countries of the games industry. Mind you it seems the United States is doing the best it can to get on that list too.

Yeah, but we haven't let them yet. That might change this November, but we'll see.

 

[Soylent Dave]

for whatever reason - the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" from the soundtrack.

And for everyone else saying "Huh?" at that particular bit of censorship, the lyrics for Sympathy for the Devil include the lines :

I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
and the bodies stank

That probably has something to do with the decision to remove the song from the soundtrack - German law isn't exactly big on stuff that's reminiscent of the Nazis (especially if it doesn't say "PS: the Nazis were fuckheads")

And they've always been a bit draconian and well, German, about violent content, bless 'em.

 

[soulsabr]

I feel for you guys. Australia and Germany: The two villainous countries of the games industry. Mind you it seems the United States is doing the best it can to get on that list too.

We gamers in the US will not go down without a fight! Stay strong, my fellow gamers!

 

[Marik Bentusi]

I don't really care about this specific case, but in my opinion this is just giving people more reasons to pirate stuff and bypass security measurements or use blood patches.

 

[JimmyC99]

i feel sorry for Germans now the worse the UK gets is the Defence Secretary Liam Fox Calling for a ban on Medal of Honour because he's an idiot.

 

[luckycharms8282]

Geez, I can understand their disapproval of the game, but they have no right outright banning it. Seems to infringe on those inalienable rights every human should have.

 

[TheJwalkR]

I am always arguing for Steam as the future of PC gaming and I can never understand why people dislike it. However this is causing me some concern. It can be used as a tool of censorship, and I dislike that.