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Germany is still one of the biggest territories to sell PC games but according to what GamePolitics is reporting the country's government may be moving to ban both the selling and the production of games with violent content. According to a number of German language news reports, all 16 of Germany's Interior Ministers have asked the country's main legislative body the Bundestag to vote to ban such games.The story states that the move may have been prompted by a local school shooting on March 11 where a 17 year old boy killed 15 people before killing himself. News reports have linked the boy to playing games like Counter-Strike and Far Cry 2 before the shooting took place. Germany already bans a number of games with violent content from being sold in stores. However if this move was to take place it could force local game developers like Crytek to move their development out of the country.
Is Germany moving to completely ban PC games with violent content? originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:00:00 EST.
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