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China Bans 50 Games

Posted by timothy on from the it's-an-unfree-county-bub dept.

Stargoat writes "The official mainland Chinese news agency, Xinhau, is reporting that China is banning 50 gaming titles. These titles include Battlefield Vietnam, The Sims 2, and FIFA 2005. A similar game banning event occurred six months ago in China, but not to this scale."

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  1. Minor correction by manifoldronin · · Score: 5, Informative

    The name of the new agency is Xinhua.

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    Tyranny isn't the worst enemy of a democracy. Cynicism is.
  2. Re:Really weird list of banned games... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Do they grant waivers for things like history books?

    Yes, they do. It would be a little pointless and self-defeating to remove them or blur them out from historic documents.

  3. Very VERY wrong summary by northcat · · Score: 5, Informative
    China did NOT ban The Sims 2 and FIFA 2005. Please, AT LEAST the editors should RTFA. The news item reports two things:
    1. Pirated copies of the following games are banned: Age of Mythology: the Titans, The Sims 2, Manhunt, FIFA 2005, Battlefield Vietnam and Painkiller: Battle out of Hell. PIRATED copies. Much to the delight of the makers of those games. They can still be legally sold and obtained in China.
    2. These games were illegal in China (they weren't allowed to be sold -- banned): Conflict Vietnam, Vietcong: Fist Alpha and Devastation. But, presumably, people sold them anyway and therefore they have been banned. Let me repeat, only the following games have been completely banned from China: Conflict Vietnam, Vietcong: Fist Alpha and Devastation.
    First slashdot reports an urban legend as true and now this.
    <ranting about how incompetent news posters are and how careless slashdot editors have become>