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Singapore bans Xbox game over lesbian scene

SINGAPORE : Singapore has banned the sale of an Xbox video game that features an intimate scene between two female characters, a statement received Thursday said.

The "Mass Effect" game, a futuristic space adventure, contains "a scene of lesbian intimacy... as such the game has been disallowed," the deputy director of the Board of Film Censors said in the statement.



The board is part of the Media Development Authority (MDA), Singapore's media watchdog.

Under local guidelines, video games sold in Singapore cannot "feature exploitative or gratuitous sex and violence, or denigrate any race or religion," the official said.

"Mass Effect" is to be launched globally next week.

US software giant Microsoft, maker of the Xbox gaming console, said it respected the media watchdog's action.

"We strictly adhere to the laws, regulations and norms of the markets we operate in," the company said in an e-mail reply to AFP.

MDA said a new video games classification system to be introduced next year could allow titles such as "Mass Effect" to be passed and classified appropriately.

Singapore is Southeast Asia's most advanced economy but the government maintains strict censorship laws.

Earlier this year the city-state banned two other video games, "God of War II" for nudity and "The Darkness" for excessive violence and religiously offensive expletives, the statement said.

- AFP/il

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CroSsX

i heard they banned ManHunt 2 from the PSP as well.....

Crazy Anime/Manga Otaku.... :biggrin4:

Voodoo Vince

Yup. That's right. And Hellgate is a Hell, so many bugs.

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MDA lifts ban on game with same-sex love scene
By Leung Wai-Leng

IN a reversal of its earlier decision, the Media Development Authority (MDA) has decided to allow role-playing game Mass Effect to be released here under an M18 rating.

The Board of Film Censors (BFC) said in a statement on Friday evening that it will selectively use games ratings to 'enable highly anticipated games to be launched in Singapore' until it puts in place a games classification system in January.

The statement said that 'this will allow such games to enter the market with immediacy and give the industry and members of the public a better understanding of the benefits of the proposed games classification system'.

Mass Effect was banned earlier for containing a same-sex love scene, making Singapore the only country to disallow its sale. It caused a furore among local and international gamers.

Other games with graphic violence such as popular action game Assassin's Creed - released this week - was allowed on store shelves after distributors affixed a consumer advisory label declaring the game 'Not to be sold to young children'.

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KongMing

I think sooner or later the Board of Film Censors will do screening on all games.

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rice

Yap, but also no use,
there bound to be people going by other alternatives (d/l, or pirated ..).

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zforevaz

err.. juz buy a US/ AU version and mail it in? XBOX 360, can load the different area games. =]

you'll never know.. till you find out..

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tootboy

go buy on the net lor.

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Voodoo Vince

They can do screening, but they can't stopped us from buying.

Just like Playboy magazine. I know some people got Playboy magazine shipped to their house.

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micxiao

should i buy mass effect to see the lesbian scene? hehe =X

Voodoo Vince

Buy the game if you like to play the game.

Don't waste your money to buy a game to see lesbian.

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