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Mortal Kombat II: Confiscated by the district court of Munich in 1995 for violating German Criminal Code section 131 (depictions of violence). [98] [99] The ban was lifted in October 2019 and removed from the List of Media Harmful to Young People in March 2020. [100] Mortal Kombat 3
The Mortal Kombat series, particularly its "Fatalities", was a source of major controversy in at the time of its release. [note 1] A moral panic over the series, fueled by outrage from the mass media, [10] resulted in a Congressional hearing and helped to pave the way for the creation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) game rating system.
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe – In order to ensure a T rating in North America, two Fatalities in the game were censored. [30] [31] In the United Kingdom version, both the Joker and Deathstroke's first Fatality feature them each finishing their opponent with a gunshot to the head, with each respective shot shown uncut from a distance. However ...
Mortal Kombat Series Banned in Japan,Grand Theft Auto Series Banned in USA,Brazil,UK, Australia,Saudi Arabia,Japan, Malaysia,Indonesia Prawira Hendrik 10:54, 9 March 2024 (UTC) No Grand Theft Auto games are banned in the UK or the USA. I cannot speak for any other countries, however.
The violence in video games became a concern after Mortal Kombat ' s home console release in September 13, 1993. One of Senator Joe Lieberman's former chief of staff, Bill Andresen, had been asked by his son to purchase the Sega version of Mortal Kombat for him. Andresen was appalled by the amount of violence in the game, and approached ...
A significant turning point was the rejection of an indexing of Mortal Kombat X and the granting of an 18+ rating by the USK. [27] [28] Mortal Kombat X was the first part of the series to receive approval from the USK in Germany; until then, many titles in the series had been indexed or even confiscated.
Mortal Kombat (2011) 2011-03-16 Originally banned because of high impact bloody violence. [139] [140] The Komplete Edition was later rated R18+ in 2013 after the said rating was introduced. [141] Refused Classification (RC) Restricted (R 18+) Aliens vs. Predator (2010) 2009-12-03 Originally banned because of high impact bloody violence.
The sequel, Gal Gun: Double Peace, which was released internationally, was banned in New Zealand for the same reason. [31] 2018–2021 Super Seducer: PC Red Dahlia Interactive Super Seducer was billed as "the world's most realistic seduction simulator".