Quake may after 15 years back to be sold in Germany

The first person shooter Quake may again freely sold in Germany. The Bundespr lwa fstelle f lwa r jugendgef lwa hrdende Medien after a sales ban of fifteen years decided the title of the black list.

According to the German regulator has the game been no negative influences on youthful gamers, in part because players the graphics and the displayed violence in the classic anno 2011 is no longer ‘realistic’ would be experienced. This may Quake again, and openly be sold through, for example, webshops, while, until recently, only physical stores the game only adults were allowed to sell. Another German authority, the Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle, Quake, however, still a leeftijdskwalificering, reports Der Spiegel.

With the removal of Quake of the black list, is the in 1996 released shooter after fifteen years, again freely available on the German market. Recently decided to the supervisor of the games Doom and Doom 2 from the list. Bethesda Software, the current owner of Quake-developer id Software, had filed an appeal against the sales ban to minors, a law which speluitgevers only after ten years can make use of.

Bethesda would now also have a request submitted to the Quake-addons ‘Scourge of Armagon” and “Dissolution of Eternity” of the black list. On the list is, however, considerably older titles, such as the Commodore 64 games Rambo and River Raid.