Games such as Wolfenstein 3D were banned in Germany, and Ubisoft had to remove Swastikas from South Park: The Stick of Truth before it could be released.īethesda even geo-locked Wolfenstein: The New Order on PC, to prevent German and Austrian players from accessing the International, non-edited version. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. The same leniency was not applied to games, as unlike films, the medium wasn't considered to have artistic merit. In the past and currently, films depicting Swastikas and other Nazi symbols were allowed for artistic purposes.

For this reason, a conversion from the German version to the original international version and vice versa is not possible.' 'These are each independent developments.

However, since the release is always an individual case decision based on the final product, the development continued to work on both versions, which will be released at the same time. 'The original international version is available in English. 'Both versions are, as in the past, the same content in terms of their explicit representation of the effects,' reads the forum notice. The caveat is the International version will only be made available in English (thanks, TSA). Because the company had to comply with the law, two versions of the game were developed in tangent.

The reason two versions will be released is due to a law banning the use of Swastikas or other Nazi symbolism in Germany. Two versions of Wolfenstein: Youngblood and Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot will be released in Germany: one with and one without Nazi symbolism.īethesda will release both a censored and uncensored version of Wolfenstein: Youngblood and Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot.Īccording to an official notice on the German Bethesda forums, skus with and without Nazi symbols will be available in the country.

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