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Posted January 08, 2020
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mrkgnao: Stranglehold is now blocked in Germany (DE).
Since it was indexed many years ago it should have been blocked since day 1. So back to normal for us germans.
Post edited January 08, 2020 by Anime-BlackWolf
Posted January 08, 2020
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idbeholdME: Stranglehold got blocked? Really? Sometimes I wonder if they pick the games at random so it seems like they are useful or if there is an actual system behind it...

Did it get blocked by BPjM or through some other means?
As Anime-BlackWolf pointed out, strictly legally speaking, it shouldn't have been sold in Germany in the first place. The store page showed the German 18+ rating, but that rating only applies to a cut version that was sold in retail in Germany way back when. The uncensored version, which is sold on gog, is unrated and indexed.
Posted January 08, 2020
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fronzelneekburm: As Anime-BlackWolf pointed out, strictly legally speaking, it shouldn't have been sold in Germany in the first place. The store page showed the German 18+ rating, but that rating only applies to a cut version that was sold in retail in Germany way back when. The uncensored version, which is sold on gog, is unrated and indexed.
Ah, thanks for clarification. I thought it was a new addition.
Posted January 08, 2020
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ElTerprise: List should be up to date again

Removed
Wolfenstein 3D + Spear of Destiny

Updated
Postal 2 + DLC

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Stranglehold
Does that mean Wolfenstein 3D will have all Nazi iconography removed?
Posted January 08, 2020
Nope, the uncut game was unbanned in germany a few weeks ago.
Posted January 17, 2020
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DOOM II + Final DOOM is no longer blocked in Germany (DE).
Posted January 17, 2020
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mrkgnao: DOOM II + Final DOOM is no longer blocked in Germany (DE).
Great! That leaves only three Bethesda-owned games on GOG that are region-locked in DE.

Quake 3, Quake 4 and Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
Posted January 20, 2020
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mrkgnao: DOOM II + Final DOOM is no longer blocked in Germany (DE).
Great. I removed them from the list.
Posted January 21, 2020
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Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics, The [Upcoming] is blocked in:
- China (CN)
- Russian Federation (RU)
- Uzbekistan (UZ)
- Armenia (AM)
- Azerbaijan (AZ)
- Belarus (BY)
- Kyrgyzstan (KG)
- Kazakhstan (KZ)
- Moldova, Republic of (MD)
- Tajikistan (TJ)

Note 1: Since these are the countries that usually enjoy the deepest regional discounts (around 50% to 65% discount on average), this has probably something to do with regional pricing. Perhaps the publisher doesn't want to sell (or presell) the game in these regions. Or perhaps it's a GOG bug.

Note 2: The game is not blocked in Turkmenistan (TM), a country that normally has the same price scheme as the latter 8 countries in the list above (a.k.a. RegUZ). Perhaps the publisher thought that it might nevertheless be wiser to sell to a country that hosts the Door to Hell. Or perhaps it's a GOG bug within a GOG bug.
Post edited January 21, 2020 by mrkgnao
Posted January 30, 2020
Good news for German GOGers.

Blake Stone - Aliens of Gold has been delisted from the German index of media considered potentially harmful to minors. I suppose its 25 years on the index simply were up, and the agency in charge of the index saw no reason to keep such an old game on the list. The region lock will probably be removed soon. :)

Also (and this is big!), Mortal Kombat 3 is no longer banned in Germany. In fact, a court of law lifted the ban back in November 2019, but we simply didn't know about it until yesterday. Now, it hasn't been delisted yet, but that is probably just a matter of time. Considering that both MK X and MK XI are freely available in Germany and are way more graphic than the other games, the local authorities really have no reason to uphold the old bans. So I expect at least MK and MK 2 to be unbanned, too.
Post edited January 30, 2020 by Nergal01
Posted February 04, 2020
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Nergal01: Blake Stone - Aliens of Gold has been delisted from the German index of media considered potentially harmful to minors. I suppose its 25 years on the index simply were up, and the agency in charge of the index saw no reason to keep such an old game on the list. The region lock will probably be removed soon. :)
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold is no longer blocked in Germany (DE).
Posted February 04, 2020
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mrkgnao: Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold is no longer blocked in Germany (DE).
That was fast. :)

More candidates likely to get their region locks lifted later this year:

Rise of the Triad - Dark War (probably in May or June)
Star Wars - Dark Forces (probably in September or October)
Posted February 05, 2020
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mrkgnao: Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold is no longer blocked in Germany (DE).
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Nergal01: That was fast. :)
It only took a quarter of a century. ;-)
Posted February 05, 2020
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Nergal01: More candidates likely to get their region locks lifted later this year:

Rise of the Triad - Dark War (probably in May or June)
Star Wars - Dark Forces (probably in September or October)
The Chaos Engine should be due in March or April as well.
Posted February 05, 2020
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mrkgnao: Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics, The [Upcoming] is blocked in:
- China (CN)
- Russian Federation (RU)
- Uzbekistan (UZ)
- Armenia (AM)
- Azerbaijan (AZ)
- Belarus (BY)
- Kyrgyzstan (KG)
- Kazakhstan (KZ)
- Moldova, Republic of (MD)
- Tajikistan (TJ)
Interesting this seems to be the ONLY game not available in Russia. Just like the 2 Hidden & Dangerous and 4 earlier Army Men games are still the only ones not available in South Africa.
Post edited February 05, 2020 by PromZA
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