Dead Space banned in Japan, Germany, and China

by Richard Mitchell { Sep 10th 2008 at 1:00PM }

We were contacted by EA late last week about the recent expedition of the Dead Space release date and, somehow, we failed to notice that the email also confirmed that Dead Space has been banned in Japan, German, and China. According to the email, "Dead Space was banned from being sold (yes outright banned, this time I'm correct) in Japan, Germany, and China!" So, there you have it kids, it's not a rumor at all (though that matter is apparently in dispute). The email makes no mention of the reason for the ban, though we imagine it has something to do with the amount of gore and violence present in Dead Space. X3F has contacted EA to find out if the company will make changes to the game in order to sell it in the aforementioned regions.

Tags: dead-space, ea, ea-redwood, ea-redwood-shores, electronic-arts

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

c. thomas @ Sep 10th 2008 1:12PM

Yay! More for US. Cause we don't promote violence we encourage it.

eugene @ Sep 10th 2008 1:16PM

Ah.... good'ol Japan. Where bestiality porn is proudly displayed but you can't buy a little gore and dismembering in space.

psychohog @ Sep 10th 2008 1:42PM

Don't forget about their used panty vending machines.

ryan @ Sep 10th 2008 1:57PM

japan's all about loving thy neighbor, thy neighbor's dog, thy neighbor's tentacle monster, and thy sister.

so yeah, they love and don't hate. OFTEN. :D

sk8tbrdngpetey @ Sep 10th 2008 1:41PM

Fuck censorship. Germany and China doesn't surprise me, but I am surprised it is banned in Japan.

psychohog @ Sep 10th 2008 1:41PM

It makes me want the game even more now.

MC Double Def DP @ Sep 10th 2008 1:52PM

agreed. at first this game wasn't even on my radar. now hearing this, I want it bad!!! ...of course Manhunt 2 got banned from some countries right?... so maybe I should keep my excitement in check.

halo 3 sucks. @ Sep 10th 2008 9:04PM

"X3F has contacted EA to find out if the company will make changes to the game in order to sell it in the aforementioned regions."

and?..... not gonna say anything about it?....

btwwww. dead space will be

PimpDaddy Stevan @ Sep 10th 2008 10:12PM

whoa...
JAPAN?
this is gonna be an awesome game.

i'm very surprised at that.
what i'm even more surprised at is that Australia, somehow, isn't there....
being that they'd ban a Barbie game if it so much as showed her prick her finger.

Brian @ Sep 11th 2008 12:05AM

If you're having a hard time finding something to be proud of, being an American, look no further than the surprising lack of censorship when it comes to games and movies.

This censorship disgusts me. It's like living in the fraking 18th century.

Really? You can't allow ADULTS to play this game, Germany, China, and Australia?

Fuck the board that tells me what I am allowed to play, watch, or read!

lordsumesh1 @ Oct 23rd 2008 10:51PM

australia isnt on the list. its japan

ccc @ Sep 11th 2008 12:23AM

This does increase my intrest in the game.

It would be bad ass if it said it was banned in those countries right on the cover of the box when it goes on sale....

RedSonRising @ Sep 11th 2008 2:03AM

im not impressed.. this is exactly the sort of publicity stupid people expect from video games.. theyre just creating more ammo for talking heads on tv and giving uninformed soccer moms something to complain about on talk radio in the morning.

this strikes me as a deliberate move; get the game banned to drum up free publicity in markets that otherwise would've ignored the title..

easy solution: a simple slider/switch that turned up the gore or toned down the carnage.. in sensitive markets set it to 0/none/low and disable the users option to adjust it.. but then itd just be a quick blurb and fly by like whats happening with fallout3 and noone would care..

tacky move.. dont call it censorship cause its not; its called stupid and both parties are to blame.

gsolid @ Sep 11th 2008 4:22AM

AUSTRALIA GOT IT FULL AND BLOODY NO CHANGES
AUSTRALIA GOT IT FULL AND BLOODY NO CHANGES
AUSTRALIA GOT IT FULL AND BLOODY NO CHANGES
AUSTRALIA GOT IT FULL AND BLOODY NO CHANGES
AUSTRALIA GOT IT FULL AND BLOODY NO CHANGES

So suck to all the country that hang shit on us as we got the full game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edboy @ Sep 11th 2008 8:46AM

I don't think the Japanese have so much of a problem with the gore as much as they have a problem with killing flying zombie babies.

China and Germany however, just love the banhammer.