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This is a list of video games that have been censored or banned by governments of various states in the world. Governments that have banned video games have been criticized for a correlated increase in digital piracy, limiting business opportunities and violating rights. [1] [2] [3]
Voluntary rating systems adopted by the video game industry, such as the ESRB rating system in the United States and Canada (established in 1994), [7] and the Pan European Game Information (PEGI) rating system in Europe (established in 2003), are aimed at informing parents about the types of games their children are playing (or are asking to play).
Beyond: Two Souls – The European version of the game is censored to keep the PEGI rating at 16 instead of 18. Two changes were made to the version, amounting to 5–10 seconds of gameplay. [26] The Last of Us – The European release of the game is censored as it does not feature dismemberment and exploding heads in the multiplayer mode. [27]
The European Commission in February 2005 referred Greece to the European Court of Justice over its ban on electronic games. [ 4 ] The law 3037/2002 was repealed in 2011, by the article 54 of law 4002/2011 ΦΕΚ Α/180/22-8-2011.
The five Nordic countries—Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland—are central players in the European battle between file sharers, rights holders, and Internet service providers (ISPs). While each country determines its own destiny, the presence of the European Union (EU) is felt in all
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This acts as a loophole, allowing some retailers, including the local, major video game retailer Geekay Games, to continue selling banned video games via cyberspace (i.e. online shops), and the NMC does not strictly enforce their bans any further, but there are certain exceptions, notably for Spec Ops: The Line (see below).
The unusual way the U.S. regulates ingredients is in the news and the hot seat right now, thanks to the recent ban of a food additive—red dye 3, an artificial dye linked to cancer in animals ...