Petition helps repeal violent game ban in Germany

by Ben Gilbert on May 21st 2010 6:00PM

German officials have sided with last year's now 73,000-person strong petition signed by citizens against a measure to outright ban violent games in the country. Officials announced that, rather than alter current legislation, the German government will focus on educating citizens about the country's USK game ratings standard, reports GamesIndustry.biz.

"The decision of the federal government supports our belief that banning video games is not an efficient way to monitor content," EA senior VP Jen Uwe Intat said of the decision; and he added, "Besides, now we can sell more 'pew-pew' titles in the country, so win-win -- y'know?" Okay, he didn't really say that second part.

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Tags: ban, ea, Electronic-Arts, europe, european-union, germany, jen-uwe-intat, law, legal, petition, violent-video-games

Reader Comments (14)

Just don't start playing those DS games on the Autobahn, my friends!

I think if you're going to ban violent video games you should ban everything else violent in media. Don't just pick one side. Glad to see Germany is sticking with it.

I've got an idea: how about parents actually do their jobs and monitor what their kids play and let them know the differences between what happens in a video game and what happens in real life. You guys ever thought about that?

We live in an age entitlement and shifting blame and you expect them to take responsibility?! You sir are a cad! A cad sir!

Kids these days get up to a lot of things we don't know about. Something called "pot"... And it's not the garden variety I tell you what.

Anyone know where we can find a petition to sign against the California game legislation, or any other states. Yes, I know it's called 'google.'

http://action.theeca.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1781

I'm against bans and censorship.

I'm for content ratings and knowledge about what you're buying. Let the people choose whether or not they think the game is appropriate for them.