Category Archives: Germany

Drakensang is one of those words that sound a lot better to native German speakers, just like the literally-translated name of the classic pen-and-paper RPG which inspired the series, The Black Eye.

A second attempt to capture the feel of the Das Schwarze Auge universe, the Drakensang series just expanded with the release of River of Time.

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Dead Space 2′s “friendly fire” multiplayer option has sparked controversy with Germany’s strident anti-violence policies and delayed the game into February.

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Update: As promised, we’ve add the official North American midnight launch event for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.

The event will take place at Fry’s Electronics at 10800 Kalama River Avenue in Fountain Valley, CA, with activities starting at 9.00pm PST on July 26, and sales of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty beginning at midnight.

Local game stores across the US may have ones that are less “official” than this one, so you may wish to check first before just showing up.

Original story follows the break.

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Amazon.de’s listed up a 4Gb 360 “system bundle” for €148.99.

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Germany’s USK has rated NBA Jam for Xbox 360 and PS3, leading many folks to believe it’s indeed hitting consoles other than Wii, despite EA’s zipped lips on the matter.

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The German government has decided not to ban the sale or distribution of violent videogames which was being contemplated back in June last year.

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Bethesda has announced that it has expanded its global operations by opening offices in Frankfurt and Paris.

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According to a Today’s Gamers MMO Focus Report by Gamesindustry.com and TNS, Americans spent an eye-watering £2.55 billion on MMOs last year.

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Ubisoft’s confirmed to VG247 that the German Collector’s Edition of Silent Hunter 5 has been recalled, following reports of the game carrying swastikas.

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German website Computerbase is claiming that the special edition of Ubisoft’s Silent Hunter 5 has been recalled over the use of swastikas.

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Square’s announced a massive bus tour for Final Fantasy XIII in Germany.

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Looks like Germany has smacked the US version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and the EU version of Left 4 Dead 2 with the ban hammer.

Both PC versions are now on the BPjM’s (Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien) list of banned media, and the decision goes into effect today.

The German versions of both games are not affected by this and the console versions may still be sold until further notice.

More through PC Games Hardware.

Adam Grant, PSP European product manager, has announced over on the EU PS Blog that starting today, if you buy a PSPgo, or if you already have one, you can get Gran Turismo, MotorStorm: Arctic Edge or Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines to download completely free.

In Germany the three games that are on offer are Gran Turismo, MotorStorm: Arctic Edge and LittleBigPlanet PSP.

All you have to do is set up or sign into your PSN account, then visit PlayStationStore to download a special PSPgo Promotion Theme.

Once completed, an e-voucher will be sent to you via mail, within a week, then all you have to do is enter the code onto the PlayStationStore via your PSPgo.

This offer runs today through midnight on January 10, so get to it.

Hit the link for more.

Next year’s Games Convention Online will take place from July 8-11, 2010, Develop reports. Last year’s show attracted 43,000 visitors.

Remember, this is the bastard child of the once mighty Leipzig Games Convention, and now focusses, rather obviously, on online gaming.

The main German – and European – show is now Gamescom in Cologne. As you know. Unless you’ve been blind for the past year. Gamescom’s been confirmed for August 18-22 in 2010.

We’ll stop now.

Sony announced earlier its list of movies and studios expected for the November launch of its video service, and now it’s telling the world just how awesome it really is, what with over 2,300 movies and 14,000 TV shows.

Combined, all video content on the store amounts to around 10,000 hours of visual crack.

“PlayStation Network now boasts the most content of any downloadable video delivery service through a videogame console available today,” said a Sony representative in a statement to Edge.

Sony also let it be known that video store downloads increased over 100 percent in September 2009 when compared to the same month in 2008.

One can only expect things to get crazier once Netflix goes live on the system this month.

More through the link.

Sony has announced details of its Euro PS3 Video Service, and while pricing is still to be determined, SCEE did see fit to send over a list containing some of titles planned for day one.

Here’s some of what you can expect:

• Angels & Demons
• Bruno
• Casino Royale
• Crank 2: High Voltage
• Hannah Montana: The Movie
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
• The Hills Have Eyes
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Slated for a November launch in France, Germany, Spain and the UK, studios in on the deal include 20th Century Fox, Disney-ABC-ESPN Television1, Lionsgate2, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Starz Media2, Universal, Warner Bros and number of local studios to be announced closer to launch.

Full PR mail follows the break.

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According to a Today’s Gamers’ survey of 13,000 people from Holland, France, Germany, Britain, Belgium and the US, more Americans play games as a percentage than all the rest.

Of those questioned, 87 percent of American males said they play games, versus 74 percent in the UK, 67 percent in Germany, and 66 percent in France.

Hit Joystiq for a précis.

A German group called Action Alliance has set up a “Killer Game Drive” to take place outside the Stuttgart State Opera on October 17, where the group will commence to smashing “killer” videogames to bits and throwing them into a bin.

To promote the cleansing of the country, the group has offered attendees the chance to win a signed jersey from the German national soccer team, and promotional images show a person deciding to throw away a Swastika instead of a videogame.

This has been your facepalm post of the day. We hope you enjoyed it.

Via D’toid (GamePolitics).

SCEE launched German and Italian versions of the official PS Blog – read all about it here.

“Pretty much everything that we post on the English Blog that is relevant to a European audience will be localised and available in your language on the new Italian and German Blogs,” said SCEE portal manager Emmanuel Orssaud.

“On the top of this content, you will find all the news and events happening around you in your country.”

More languages are to follow, obviously.

According to German site PC Games, Wolfenstein is being recalled due to the swastika being present in the game.

It is against the law in Germany for anything to have a swastika in it, apparently.

A statement from Activision is expected in the coming days, according to the site’s sources, while Planet Wolfenstein has observantly pointed out that since teams from Endrant and Raven have both been laid off, it may complicate creating an edited version.

We will send Activision an email and see if anyone gets back with us.

Thanks, Blue.