Kane and Lynch: Dead Men ads banned

After the Gerstmann controversy has subsided, we thought news about Kane and Lynch will just be confined to DLCs. However, Eidos’ Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC) may not be done yet – its ad campaign has just been banned for its graphic violence. More details after the jump.

As if the Gerstmann controversy wasn’t enough, Eidos Interactive and IO Interactive‘s Kane & Lynch: Dead Men is caught in another storm. This time around, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned the game’s advertising campaign for its “graphic” and “shocking” display of violence.

ASA has already received 26 complaints for the print and broadcast ads for Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC). One of these is a double-page magazine spread featuring a gagged and crying woman. Another one is a television spot showing suggestive sounds of a throat being cut and a rifle butt being slammed on someone’s head.

In defense of these ads, Eidos is maintaining that the ads were meant to be cinematic rather than offensive. The developers even pointed out that the gagged woman wasn’t harmed in the print ad.

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, which hit the stores November of last year, is already shooting a movie adaptation. If the ads were violent enough already, the movie most definitely will not be something else. Updates here at QJ.NET as we get them.

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