Post Tagged with: "germany"

DooM No Longer Banned In Germany After 17 Years

In 1994, id’s genre defining masterpiece DooM was deemed harmful to the German youth…

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Dead Space 2 Delayed Until February 3rd in Germany

Our friends in Germany will have to wait a little bit longer to take on the necromorphs in Dead Space 2, after issues with the ‘friendly fire’ option resulted in . . .

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Germany To Receive Modified Call Of Duty Black Ops

Just like Australia, Germany is often shafted in the world of video games. With upcoming smash hit Call of Duty: Black Ops it’s definitely …

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German Newspaper Reveals 3DS Launch Details?

German newspaper The Bild, which happens to be the best-selling newspaper in Europe, has revealed a few details about the 3DS launch …

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German Modern Warfare 2 Will Be Censored

Video game censorship in Germany is as common as… well, Common, so it’s no surprise that the controversial airport scene from Modern Warfare 2 will be altered for the German audience. While I have no doubt that Germans can handle it (at least as well as the rest of the world can) the German version [...]

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30,000 people sign petition against ban on violent games in Germany

30,000 people have signed this petition against the ban on all violent games in Germany, reports GameZine. The ban is set to be put into place on the 27th of September, but the public, or at least 30,000 of them, are certainly fighting this, and rightly so. Banning things is never the answer (except maybe [...]

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The Watercooler – Special Halloween Edition

The Watercooler, as always, is the best thing you will see on the Internet today, mainly because it is the best thing I saw yesterday, or since the last Watercooler at least. There is, however, the possibility that you will see tomorrow’s Watercooler today, in which case the best thing you saw today is not [...]

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MadWorld May Not Release in Japan… or Australia… or Germany

Sega reps won’t be showing the extreme gore-fest MadWorld at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, mostly due to the fact that it may be too extremely gore-festy for Japanese audiences.  The game is being developed with a western audience in mind and will only be evaluated for a release elsewhere if it becomes a hit.

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Huge LittleBigPlanet Ads Adorn Germany Near Games Convention 2008 in Leipzig

The infamous SackBoy and his LittleBigPaintbrush have painted their way onto the German cityscape just in time for this years GC in Leipzig. While I’m sure that SB himself created the masterpiece, something tells me that Sony and Media Molecule sprung for the paint. See the mural from a few different angles by visiting the [...]

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German Burger King Ad Campaign Inspired By GTA Franchise

A recent series of Burger King print and television ads appearing in Germany poke fun at various aspects of pop culture. Specifically, the theme titled “Veg City”, shown above, takes a stab at the popular Grand Theft Auto franchise. The closest we have gotten to a GTA parody by a large corporation here in states [...]

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Ripten After Dark: What E3 Never Was But Damn Well Should Be

With E3 fast approaching, we’ve decided to put this video up to demonstrate the awesomeness that we will never see there.  The following should be considered “not safe for work,” but it might be worth the risk to watch it right now anyways.

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