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Great News for Germany: MKX Unbanned!

kabelfritz

Master
Finally, after decades, the unthinkable has happened, and nobody had a clue it would: Mortal Kombat X is now 18+, that means it may be publicly advertised, openly sold and there can be official tournaments. Give a YAY for the BpjS, my fellow Germans :D

Read the news below:
(Taken from Gamepro Germany, translated by Google Chrome)

"Mortal Kombat X - Subsequent "From 18" -Classification

Mortal Kombat X may still appear even in Germany. In re-examination, the USK gave the game a release from 18 years. Thus the title can now be officially sold to major players.

With immediate effect, Mortal Kombat X still go into the trade in Germany but. In re-examination by the USK the fighting game got an age rating "From the age of 18" , which is a sale to adult players without detours possible.

Originally the game was published already on 14 April this year. Due to the explicit depiction of violence, however, the USK first refused classification. After also the majority of the predecessor has already been indexed, the researchers assumed that the tenth part series would end up on the Index.Now has the BPjM that Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons decided that the game is not indexed.

Thus, the USK tested again and gave the seal of "Ab 18 (Not suitable for young)." Felix Falk, Managing Director of USK commented to GamesMarkt : "The title 'Mortal Kombat X' has been submitted to the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons (BPjM). As a result, has been issued by a non-indexing BPjM decision. Against this background, the game was in the process of a USK USK 'Ab 18 (Not suitable for young)' get."

When Mortal Kombat X will be released on German dealers shelves, is not yet known."
 

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kabelfritz

Master
Is gta5 banned too in germany? I think killing hundreds of people and running them over is more violent than mkx lol.
no, but older gtas (before 4) were banned. as i said, germany was getting less restrictive over the last years, also with gears 3, and now finally MK got the right treatment!
 

Braindead

I want Kronika to step on my face
Germany is weird when it comes to this. You'd never think a country that is so lax on porn & seriously disgusting related stuff would have a stick up there ass about this. Kongrats Fatherland! #SeeWhatIdidthere
Tim I believe this news is front-page worthy. It's quite big.

Maybe we'll finally see some tournaments around here :eek:
 

Rice

SIRO FOR MK1
As a german i have to say a little bit late. Game came out months ago and most just got the austrian pegi or english version.

But better late than never i guess.
 

Desperdicio

Tell me, do you bleed?
Germany is weird when it comes to this. You'd never think a country that is so lax on porn & seriously disgusting related stuff would have a stick up there ass about this. Kongrats Fatherland! #SeeWhatIdidthere
Well, porn is sex, you know; people have sex in real life, and that's fine. Now, ripping somebody's head off is something I hope you don't do on a regular basis, ha ha! I still think it's very stupid that they banned it. If Ich tu dir weh is also unbanned, I may consider visiting.

Where is that german guy that tried to get MKX when he went to another country, and then it didn't work for some reason? Maybe he'll be able to grab a copy now, if he didn't do it already.