MadWorld, House of the Dead won't be released in Germany

by JC Fletcher { Aug 19th 2008 at 3:41PM }

According to a statement given to Nintendo-Online by Sega of Germany, Platinum Games' MadWorld and the newly-announced House of the Dead: Overkill will not be released in Germany. Based on what has been shown so far, Sega does not believe that the restrictive USK ratings board would give the games a rating, and so rather than go to the trouble of changing all the enemies into robots, they have opted not to release them.

In other news, gamers and press from all over the world are in Germany this week to see new games like Sega's MadWorld and House of the Dead: Overkill at the Leipzig Games Convention.

Gallery: MadWorld

[Via NeoGAF]

Tags: germany, headstrong, house-of-the-dead, house-of-the-dead-overkill, madworld, platinum-games, sega, violence

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Synthex @ Aug 19th 2008 3:51PM

Man, this sucks !
Maybe this game is sick and brutal, but nevertheless it's art. They should givie it a chance.
It's not that terrible though, because we can import such games from Austria or England anyway.

rouroniJohn @ Aug 19th 2008 3:54PM

I feel bad for them and everything but all i care about at this point is that the game is released here in its gory entirety and that it doesn't disappoint.

CJLopez @ Aug 19th 2008 3:57PM

And that's pretty Ironic, i must say.... Hey, what the, the comment section changed???? niceeeeee, hope the glitch is solved

Mr Khan @ Aug 19th 2008 5:05PM

Not totally solved, but i, at least, haven't been getting the disappearing comment problem as severely as even yesterday

meist3r @ Aug 19th 2008 4:03PM

Either the news spreads pretty fast or someone is actually reading the comments here to make news posts out of them. At least that bit here is almost exactly what I wrote over at the HotD trailer comments. Anyhow, it's a shame but our Austrian friends usually get the uncensored stuff sans border controls so I'm going to play this, German or not.

nicolas @ Aug 19th 2008 4:28PM

that blows.

Ghen @ Aug 19th 2008 4:39PM

lol at the segway =)

by the way, how do you spell that word in this context? I can't google it because it comes back with the device instead of the word.

Alien-Pirate @ Aug 19th 2008 5:50PM

I believe it's spelled "segue".
Well, although I feel sorry for all the German gamers who were pumped for these titles, I have to admit this news isn't shocking.

Ghen @ Aug 19th 2008 10:02PM

Ugh, I'll never remember that. thanks though

meist3r @ Aug 20th 2008 8:48AM

@Alien Pirate: Well, you don't have to be sorry. Not more than for over protecting institutions in other places. At least we get to choose from many a country around us that isn't so whiny and import stuff across our open borders. And unlike the British we don't even have to spend that much more money on importing stuff.

Nigeria @ Aug 19th 2008 5:21PM

I had a feeling this would happen to Mad World, and this only solidifies my initial worries for the UK release. I have no idea why Sega didn't bother with House of the Dead, though. It's not that violent.

Mr Khan @ Aug 19th 2008 5:26PM

Germany: We're afraid that exposing our youth to violence will lead to a craving to re-start the holocaust

meist3r @ Aug 20th 2008 8:46AM

As a German let me re-phrase that:

Germany: We are ignorant of our problems and don't want to talk to our kids about what was really wrong with the Holocaust because we would have to admit that maybe our own parents decided to stay ignorant and let all this shit happen because they greatly benefitted from it. In this good tradition we stay ignorant ourselves and let much more shit happen as long as we can reap some benefits for ourselves. Why bother solving problems when you can lock them out of the country or hide them from the kids ...

This is just my cynical view of what's wrong with my country after 25 years of trying to find an answer.