South Park Game Censored On Consoles Outside North America

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South Park Game Censored On Consoles Outside North America

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 25, 2014 @04:31AM from the some-people-just-hate-speech dept.

RogueyWon writes "South Park has long been vocal in its opposition to media censorship from any source, launching scathing attacks on everything from 'think of the children' moral crusades to the censorship of religious imagery. In a curious twist, therefore, Ubisoft, the publisher of the upcoming video game South Park: The Stick of Truth, has decided to censor certain scenes from the game's Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions from release in Europe, Australia, the Middle East and Africa. American versions, as well as the European PC release, so far appear to have escaped the censor's pen."

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Re:Well... by interkin3tic · 2014-02-25 05:13 · Score: 3, Informative

I'd suggest reading the summary and realizing that 1. The censor is Ubisoft and 2.Ubisoft is not a location or government. Although, if you weren't able to understand that from the short summary, I'm probably just talking to myself here.
Re: I disagree by TheP4st · 2014-02-25 05:23 · Score: 4, Informative

or scientology
Not true, South Park have poked fun at Scientology more than once. Example: http://www.southparkstudios.co...

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Re:what the *beep* by Kojiro+Ganryu+Sasaki · 2014-02-25 06:14 · Score: 3, Informative

I think you're overestimating the influence of the islamic far right in Europe while underestimating the christian far right.
Re:what the *beep* by Pushpabon · 2014-02-25 06:38 · Score: 3, Informative

You're wrong. We have both PRIOR RESTRAINT, approval rating process for media, AND after the fact banning (uk, germany, ...).
Where does TFA mention religion? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-02-25 07:09 · Score: 2, Informative

Per TFA the game is being stripped of two abortions and five anal probes, allegedly to gain access to the German market. Have no idea where your rant on religion has its basis.