Switzerland's impending ban on violent video games is making some gamers pretty nervous, but politicians want everyone to just chill out for five seconds.
According to Swiss Social Democrat Evi Allemann, the ban isn't going to blindly censor every game coming through. Instead, it only applies to "individual games" and work much like the system in Germany, where only 12 games (give or take) may wind up on the ban list. In an interview, she explained that only games displaying “cruel acts of violence” will be affected. Example? Titles such as Manhunt and Mortal Kombat would be given the banhammer, but not Counter-Strike and the like.
Allemann believe the PEGI system may not be enough and supports an independent federal agency for game classification, unassociated with the gaming industry.
Still, gamers are rightfully wary. There is currently an active petition against two motions recently passed by the Swiss Nation Council, one of which would make the sale of PEGI 16+ or 18+ games to minors illegal. 3612 signatures have been collected so far.
Source:GamePolitics
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