Germany Bans More Games

Less than perfect, but better than Google:


Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Likewise indexed

The 28th of February will certainly remain long in the memory of local Shooter-Fans:
for the first time two top titles were indexed on the same day. As already reported,
BPjS put Epic's "Unreal Tournament" on the Index. But that wasn't enough - as we have
already discovered, Gray Matter's "Return to Castle Wolfenstein" now also resides on
the Index.

Most interesting of all, "Return to Castle Wolfenstein" was indexed in spite of the
softened [lit. "defused/disarmed"] German version. Details about the motives are
unclear here at the moment, but we are trying once again to get a statement from BPjS.
The indexing of Activision's top title likewise means an absolute advertising and coverage
blackout.


Unreal Tournament
Resides on the BPjS-Index today

As we were able to learn from the BPjS, as of today Epic Games' Production-shooter
"Unreal Tournament" (released: Fall '99) resides on the Index of the Bundespruefstelle
fuer jugendgefaehrdende Schriften [Federal 'Checkpoint' for Youth-Endangering Media],
BPjS for short. Miss Kortlaender validated this in a telephone call with us. Reaons for
the extremely late indexing were not reported by the BPjS.

For the beloved Multiplayer-Game an advertising and coverage forbiddance is now in place,
with which we must also comply. The title, released at the outset for "under 18", can now
only be purchased by submitting personal ID. "Unreal Tournament" joins top-class titles
such as "Rune" and "Max Payne", that were likewise indexed in the previous month at the
recommendation of the youth agency.