Monday, August 27, 2007

Violent game ban might force Crytek to leave

The Council of Interior Ministers (IMK) has agreed on a ban on the production and distribution of violent games. Plans are also afoot for a ban on not only games that ‘glamorise violence’ but also those that are ‘dominated by violence’.

Should the former ban come into effect, Crytek would be forced to either leave Germany or stop producing first person shooters.

As Yerli explains, though, the company would not be prepared to move to other genres, and is already making contingency plans.

In addition to mentioning his like of Budapest, where Crytek already has an office, he also explained that the company has been approached by the governments of many other countries: "Especially England, Scotland, Austria and Singapore are very active."
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