While political discourse has cropped up in the U.S. about restricting the sale of mature games to minors, things have never quite gotten to the point they have in Germany, where the government might ban violent games outright. German developer Crytek, known for Crysis and its middleware, is not taking this situation lying down, threatening to leave the country if the ban is made into law.
"A ban on action games in Germany is concerning us because it is essentially like banning the German artists that create them. If the German creative community can't effectively participate in one of the most important cultural mediums of our future, we will be forced to relocate to other countries," said Crytek president and co-founder Cevat Yerli to PC Games Germany. "The current political discussion will deprive German talent of its place on the global game development stage, and deprive German consumers of entertainment that is considered safe and fun around the world."
Despite the vast distance and cultural differences between the U.S. and Germany, issues like school shootings and their relationship with violent video games are very similar in both countries. Unlike the U.S., however, Germany has very strict content laws for games and there's a good chance that this ban might still happen.
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