Today we are disappointed to announce that the Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK), Germany’s video game ratings board, has refused to provide a rating for Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors. This is an unfortunate blow to the game, and for fans of the series, and means that the title will not be advertised or sold at retail in Germany.
We have filed an official objection requesting a rating for the game, but the USK has stood firm in their refusal citing the potential for the game to qualify as “content severely harmful to minors” which could violate certain clauses of the German penal law. German Penal Law dictates that a game cannot be rated if the panel of experts suspects that the content would fall within the purview of these laws. (
More information from Germany’s Federal Review Board for Media Harmful to Minors)
We will still be releasing
Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors in other regions for Europe carrying a PEGI 16 rating on September 23, and in North America with an M rating on September 20. There will be no release of
Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors in Australia or with an OFLC rating. For more information about the game, please visit our official game website,
www.CriminalGirls2.com.
-Jordan
big FU to USK will defeniatley import it from Austria or NIS Europe store even tough i am not into the Vita. Stuff like this pisses me off