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Dead Space To Launch Early, Banned in Three Countries

Posted by Soulskill on from the good-with-the-bad dept.

EA Redwood Shores' Dead Space seems to be one of the few games that has its release constantly moved forward. Shortly after news that the game's European debut was moved up to Oct. 24th, the company announced that the US launch date would be moved up to October 14th. Unfortunately, EA's Ben Swanson also said the game has been banned in China, Germany, and Japan. (Announcement here, sound toggle to the upper right of the page.) Previews of the game are available from Ars and Gamespy.

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  1. Re:China and Germany could be expected by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the Wikipedia article:

    Previews of the game have universally drawn attention to the high levels of gore and violence in the game, in particular the tactic of 'strategic dismemberment' when battling the Necromorphs. The aliens cannot be subdued by a single shot, rather they have to be incapacitated by shooting off their tentacles and appendages.

    Remember, the Japanese take their tentacle porn seriously. It is one thing to show graphic violence with humans. But if you do it with tentacle rapists, you have crossed the line!

  2. Re:China and Germany could be expected by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I believe the correct term would be nips. Please use the correct epithet or you risk looking like a completely backward racist asshole.

  3. Re:China and Germany could be expected by Toonol · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the past, Jap was not considered primarily offensive; however, after the events of World War II, the term became derogatory.
    br The Germans don't like "Germs", either. Hey, I didn't know!

  4. Re:This story probably isn't accurate by F-3582 · · Score: 3, Funny

    We should worry about the CSU, not the USK ;)

  5. Re:_Banned_ in Germany? by RichiH · · Score: 2, Funny

    s/harmful/dangerous/
    s/it is/it will be/ /me bows head in shame

  6. Re:Different culture... by ozphx · · Score: 5, Funny

    As in they are famous for starting off a lot of it, but turned out not to be as good at it as they thought?

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  7. Re:Hentai and Violent Anime by Kreigaffe · · Score: 3, Funny

    Um, I'm pretty sure Japan's culture being extremely conservative and disapproving of anything different than the status quo is NOT something new.
    In fact it's more the whole.. crazy weird kooky stuff.. that's new. That's how Today's Japan is different. The rest? That's just Japan being Japan. They're conservative, they're racist, they're self-conscious, and gosh darn it, people like them.

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  8. A = A by RustinHWright · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, you should pretend you've modded him up if you pretend that he said something clever.

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