Shrygue
September 5th, 2008, 18:00
via Computer and Video Games (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=196582)
EA's excellent-looking survival horror game Dead Space has been banned in Japan, China and (of course) ultra-conservative Germany.
According to EA community manager Andrew Green, the moody horror game is simply too moody and too horrific for German and Far Eastern shelves, which isn't too surprising considering the territories' long history of game censoring.
But there is one piece of good news (unless you live in Japan): the US release date has been moved forward again to October 14, more than a fortnight ahead of the original Halloween release. Europe is still on for October 24 at the moment.
PC versions of Dead Space are planned for a little later, hitting North America on October 20 and Europe on Halloween, October 31. At least one version got it right.
EA's excellent-looking survival horror game Dead Space has been banned in Japan, China and (of course) ultra-conservative Germany.
According to EA community manager Andrew Green, the moody horror game is simply too moody and too horrific for German and Far Eastern shelves, which isn't too surprising considering the territories' long history of game censoring.
But there is one piece of good news (unless you live in Japan): the US release date has been moved forward again to October 14, more than a fortnight ahead of the original Halloween release. Europe is still on for October 24 at the moment.
PC versions of Dead Space are planned for a little later, hitting North America on October 20 and Europe on Halloween, October 31. At least one version got it right.