But it's unclear if this means the developer censoring the game for release in Europe, New Zealand and Australia, or whether it will come to an agreement with the German regulatory board to allow it to sell the game to others countries in Europe (not Germany), despite the Nintendo eShop being registered in Germany. It seems Techland is trying to find some sort of workaround. And, unfortunately, the German regulators have the final say. Bethesda notoriously removed all of Wolfenstein's Nazi symbolism for release in the country, but we imagine that might be slightly easier than removing violence from a game like Dying Light, which sees you slashing up zombies with machetes.īut the main issue here isn't that the game is banned in Germany, it's that the ban affects the digital sale of Dying Light on Switch in many other key regions that didn't ban the game. Many of these games have had censored versions released in Germany, so it's possible that we could see Dying Light censored in some way to meet German rating standards – perhaps removing the blood or cutscenes of extreme violence. The list of banned games in Germany is a lengthy one, including offenders such as Wolfenstein, Call of Duty, Sleeping Dogs and Left 4 Dead. Germany is known for its strict censorship rules around video games, often banning games that include gory or realistic violence and Nazi symbolism. Following an examination by the BPjM, the Federal Review Board for Media Harmful to Minors in Germany, the game was found to be harmful to young people and was later banned from circulation in the country. Due to the game's high-impact gory violence, the USK (responsible for video game ratings in Germany) didn't approve the game. Dying Light was banned in Germany when it was first released in 2015.
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