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Brazil has banned many video games since 1999, mainly due to depictions of violence and cruelty, [20] making it illegal to distribute and otherwise sell these games. [21] [22] Additionally, the Brazilian advisory rating system requires that all video games be rated by the organization, where unrated video games are banned from being sold in ...
Video game censorship. In video games, censorship are efforts by an authority to limit access, censor content, or regulate video games or specific video games due to the nature of their content. Some countries will do this to protect younger audiences from inappropriate content using rating systems such as the ESRB rating system.
2009. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Infinity Ward, Activision. An optional mission in the game entitled "No Russian" has the player assume control of an undercover Central Intelligence Agency operative, joining a group of Russian nationalist terrorists who perpetrate an airport massacre.
1993–94 United States Senate hearings on video games. A fatality finishing move in the first Mortal Kombat (1992). The violence and gore associated with the move was one of the triggering factors into the U.S. Senate investigation into the lack of video game ratings. On December 9, 1993, and March 4, 1994, members of the combined United ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 November 2024. Video games Platforms Arcade video game Console game Game console Home console Handheld console Electronic game Audio game Electronic handheld Online game Browser game Social-network game Mobile game PC game Linux Mac Virtual reality game Genres Action Shooter Action-adventure Adventure ...
Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, 564 U.S. 786 (2011), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court that struck down a 2005 California law banning the sale of certain violent video games to children without parental supervision. In a 7–2 decision, the Court affirmed the lower court decisions and nullified the law, ruling that ...
Assassin's Creed Valhalla – A bloody scene was censored in the Asian versions for PS4 and PS5. [60] Crystar – The PS4 and Nintendo Switch versions had approximately 0.5 seconds of footage depicting Rei's naked buttocks removed from the pre-title-screen cinematic. The game's PC release was not changed.
Prior to 2011, video games could only qualify up to a "MA15+" rating, and not the next highest tier of "R18+" which were allowed for film. Several high-profile games thus were banned in Australia. The ACB agreed to allow video games to have R18+ ratings in 2011, and some of these games that were previously banned were subsequently allowed under ...