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welcome to watch mojo
and today we'll be counting down our
picks for the top 10 games
banned for violence
i can't feel any of this
it just needs some repairs and some gas
or something for this list
we're only looking at games which were
outright banned and rendered impossible
or illegal to purchase
in at least one country if a game was
censored and released
it doesn't count number 10
madworld if madworld had been released
on any other console
it probably would have had no problems
whatsoever unfortunately
this ultra violent hack and slash came
out on the nintendo wii
shattering the wii's family-friendly
image its core gameplay revolves around
the gruesome game show death watch
where the bloodier your kills are the
more points you earn horrified parents
lobbied for the game's total ban
worried about the effect it may have on
their kids despite it certainly not
being marketed towards them
it was completely banned in germany
delayed in japan and received the
highest possible rating in the uk
number 9 silent hill homecoming
the silent hill franchise has always
dealt with especially dark subject
matter
but it was the fifth installment silent
hill homecoming that really drew the ire
of the australian sensors
their main gripe with homecoming's
content was the use of a drill as a
weapon
presumably worrying that this may
encourage people to use drills as
weapons in the real world
while it was finally released almost a
year later for a while it was completely
illegal to sell after
being refused classification down under
number 8 carmageddon it's been
unceremoniously dubbed the most
controversial video game of all time by
some outlets
and upon its release in 1997 became the
first game refused certification in the
united kingdom
the anti-hero of carmageddon is max
damage a psychotic criminal who gets
behind the wheel of a car
and runs over as many people as possible
and the more you do this
the more points you rack up while it was
eventually released in the uk after 10
months of appealing
in brazil it was banned completely as
well as in the city of buenos aires
number 7 dead rising 3
perhaps bizarrely the law in germany
prohibits video games with
human-like enemies meaning that any and
all games involving zombies
are pretty much a no-go area because of
this the highly anticipated dead rising
3
was not allowed to be released by
germany's federal department of media
harmful to young persons
worried about the effect the game could
have on the country's youth
what the hell but this hardly came as a
surprise
even to capcom themselves as both the
first and second dead rising games were
also banned from this corner
of europe it just needs some repairs and
some gas or something number six
postal two
new zealand went all out in 2004 to stop
people from getting their hands on this
violent shooter
postal 2 is still considered one of the
most offensive games that's ever been
created
and for good reason one of the scenes
cited specifically by the country's
office of film and literature
classification
was a moment where the player can if
they so choose urinate on the enemy
so it's not hard to see why they took so
much issue with it
to this day even owning the game in new
zealand is completely illegal
and can see you getting a fine of 1400
and for retailers selling or promoting
the game
it could land him a massive 38 thousand
dollar fine
number five counter strike for two
decades
it seems this is one franchise that has
never been able to escape controversy
but it may be surprising to some to hear
the original counter-strike
was made outright illegal in brazil a
whole 8 years after it was first
released
this is because it allegedly promotes
the subversion of public order
and attacks the democratic state and the
law according to the brazilian arm of
kotaku
this was more specifically because
counter-strike is set to teach war
strategies
and because of its portrayal of rios
favelas
number 4 duke nukem 3d
love it or hate it it's hard to deny
that the duke nukem series
is overflowing with violence duke's
never been particularly conservative
or gentle when it comes to defending
earth from armies of invading aliens
but this entry didn't go over well in
brazil they wound up banning it as a
part of a crackdown on violent video
games in the late 1990s
which also saw other acclaimed person
shooters like doom
take a hit duke nukem 3d was even
censored in the united states
and in germany it was illegal to
advertise it come
get number 3
mortal kombat
the very first mortal kombat was so
controversial for its intense violence
that it led to the introduction of the
esrb rating system
but for the next 18 years some people in
australia
were desperate to have it totally banned
finally
when the 2011 reboot was released they
got their wish
the australian authorities refused
classification to mortal kombat
making it illegal to sell or import
copies of the game citing the trademark
fatalities as their reason
their statement said despite the
exaggerated conceptual nature of the
fatalities
impact is heightened by the use of
realistic graphics
number 2 manhunt 2.
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few titles have reached the level of
infamy of rockstar games
manhunt 2. no stranger to pushing the
boundaries just to see what they can get
away with
it seems that back in 2007 the studio
went just a little bit too far with its
gratuitous gore
it was banned in germany new zealand
saudi arabia
south korea and even the uk just to name
a few
the british board of film classification
refused to give it a rating after a
murder in 2004
was linked to the first manhunt it
remains one of the goriest and most
violent games
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number one all violent video games and
toys
in 2009 the venezuelan authorities
proposed a frustratingly vague bill to
ban all
violent video games which despite
contention
went into effect the following year this
law specifically states that people may
not
import manufacture sell rent or
distribute violent toys or video games
which they define as anything seen to
promote or incite violence
getting caught doing any of these things
can land you an incredible
five years in prison along with hefty
fines as
video games namely the likes of grand
theft auto and god of war series
have been blamed for rising crime rates
in the country i
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