Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | 07:30 BST
Rein confirms Gears 2 as Leipzig no-show
Epic’s Mark Rein’s confirmed that Gears of War 2 won’t be shown by Microsoft at Games Convention next week.
“Microsoft doesn’t show Gears 2 at Leipzig because they don’t sell the game in Germany,” Rein told VG247 this morning.
Gears of War isn’t sold in Germany because of restrictions on violence in games in the country.
The action sequel was the Microsoft keynote headliner at E3. Shame it won’t be at GC: we wanted to play it.
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Posted in: Action, GC 2008, Germany, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: epic, gears of war 2, mark rein
11 comments
#1
Blerk
12/08/08, 8:23 am
Er… you sell the game in the rest of Europe, Microsoft! Whatever happened to ‘improved local focus’?
They can be a bit odd, the Germans. They’re like a slightly less consistent Australia.
#2
Blerk
12/08/08, 8:24 am
That’s just the games rating people, by the way. Some of my best friends are Germans.
#3
patlike
12/08/08, 8:27 am
Sony runs up against this too. They’re not allowed to show 18 games in the keynotes or on the showfloor period. Don’t expect to see a Resistance 2 keynote full of headshots, put it that way.
#4
Blerk
12/08/08, 8:40 am
Surely then it would be better to hold this show outside of Germany?
#5
patlike
12/08/08, 8:47 am
A lot of bigwigs have said that in private. It’s all a bit academic, really. It’s in Germany. Britain was too busy fucking shows up every year at the time and GC got huge. I like it. It’s great to see thousands of kiddies with their parents not being faced by hordes of exploding mutants
#6
SticKboy
12/08/08, 9:55 am
They should stick it in France, or possibly Italy – I’d actually go if they did.
#7
Blerk
12/08/08, 10:00 am
Isn’t Italy the software piracy capital of Europe?
#8
patlike
12/08/08, 10:12 am
Yeah. And the game they’re seriously into pirating is PES
#9
Quiiick
12/08/08, 1:57 pm
Switzerland would be a nice place for Games Convention!
We don’t have any of these age or gore restrictions, plus for the most part there is no language barrier for german visitors.
#10
tony412
12/08/08, 5:19 pm
Dont worry for all u gears of war loving germans out there im pretty sure u will be able to pick up a copy off the game off of ebay
#11
Syrok
12/08/08, 5:23 pm
Or import it from Austria or Switzerland.