Too violent: John Woo’s Stranglehold banned in Germany

With today’s numerous censorship issues in the video gaming industry, it isn’t any wonder that they would focus their attention on John Woo‘s bloody gun ballet shooter, Stranglehold (PC, Xbox 360, PS3). However, it isn’t video games’ activists pulling the trigger this time. Rather, it’s the authorities in Germany who refuse to have the game shipped to their shores after its recent European release.

What’s their beef with the game? Simply put, it’s too violent. Then again, if you’ve watched any of John Woo’s movies you would agree that the level of blood and gore in his films are a prerequisite to how he would “use movies as a language.”

The German version of the game had several portions already toned down in terms of violent content and the like, however it didn’t stop them from cutting off the game’s release in the country altogether. While the statement given was specific for the Xbox 360 version of the game, it’s no doubt that this will compromise the other platforms in which the game will also be released.

With today’s numerous censorship issues in the video gaming industry, it isn’t any wonder that they would focus their attention on John Woo‘s bloody gun ballet shooter, Stranglehold (PC, Xbox 360, PS3). However, it isn’t video games’ activists pulling the trigger this time. Rather, it’s the authorities in Germany who refuse to have the game shipped to their shores after its recent European release.

What’s their beef with the game? Simply put, it’s too violent. Then again, if you’ve watched any of John Woo’s movies you would agree that the level of blood and gore in his films are a prerequisite to how he would “use movies as a language.”

The German version of the game had several portions already toned down in terms of violent content and the like, however it didn’t stop them from cutting off the game’s release in the country altogether. While the statement given was specific for the Xbox 360 version of the game, it’s no doubt that this will compromise the other platforms in which the game will also be released.