Umbrella Chronicles: no zombies are allowed in Germany

[Mnementh]

Just_Ben said:

RolStoppable said:

*~Onna76~* said:
Isn't import of these games, completely forbidden in Germany? At least, from what I've heard ;)

No, it's not forbidden to import games that didn't get an USK rating. It's also not forbidden to import or sell games which are on the index of the BPjM, as long as these games are sold to adults only. Games which are on the index of the BPjM are not allowed to be advertised, to be on retailers shelves and to be sold to people under the age of 18.

Theoretically an adult can walk into a store and ask for such a game to buy it, but because of the laws (game is not allowed to be on the shelf or advertised that it is in stock), retailers wouldn't sell a lot of copies so they usually don't have these games in stock at all.

In rare cases it happened that videogames weren't just put on the index of the BPjM, but were completely banned, so it's really illegal to sell copies. Examples are the first two Mortal Kombat games and Manhunt.

 You got itwrong: If it has no USK rating it is not allowed to advertise or being on the shelf and can only be sold to 18+. If it is on the "Index" than it is not allowed to be sold AT ALL. But there are very few games actually on the index. If a  court say it can be confiscated that it is not allowed to won the game, but that is a "soft law". 

No, Rol is right and you are wrong. No USk-rating mean nothing more that it is allowed to be buyed for adults. BPjM-index means no advertising, no shelf-space. No USK-rating means that the BPjM is allowed to index the game, if the USK rates it, the BPjM can do nothing. Many publishers decide themselve not to release a game that gets on the index or is threatened by it. Gears of Wars wasnt released in germany by Microsoft for this reason. And Doom2 was actually forbidden, but in that case because of the use of nazi-symbols in the wolfenstein-level.