Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?

July 31, 2008 -

Video game industry consultant Vincent Scheurer (left), speaking the Develop conference in Brighton, warned that future game bans were possible in the UK.

As reported by gamesindustry.biz, Scheurer said:

The costs of the Manhunt 2 ban to RockStar were massive - an independent developer would be out of business... Call of Duty and BioShock could be banned under that criteria [that applied to Manhunt 2]… The next game to be banned could be BioShock 2, and then where would we be?

...It makes the business of making games that much harder.

Scheurer also spanked ELSPA boss Paul Jackson for praising the Manhunt 2 ban:

While we fail to fight back we will continue to be blamed for all of societies ills… In my view [European game developers group] Tiga was the only association to step up… Tiga realised, where the other's didn't, that this was about more than Manhunt 2.

Gamezine has more on Scheurer's remarks...

And GameSpot UK has even more...

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Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 02:28.

If there is money involved *And clearly Rockstar has alot of it* there will be people wanting their piece of the pie.

Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?

Submitted by Adrian Lopez (not verified) on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 13:56.

"Hell, R* could be a considered one of the greatest liabilitys to the industry."

Yeah. If only developers would stick to making games that nobody wants to censor, we wouldn't have to worry about censorship anymore. Clearly it's Rockstar's fault that we are surrounded by idiot politicians with a boner for censorship.

Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?

Submitted by davc4 (not verified) on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 10:46.

I agree with you here and this honestly sounds nothing more than scaremongering.
We also have to look at Manhunt as the exception rather than the rule, I have never played the game nor would i want to.

Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?

Submitted by kurisu7885 (can't log in) (not verified) on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 10:41.

So, absolutely no one knows anythign about the game, but these peopel are going to ban it in advance? Wow, just wow

Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 10:44.

There is no talk about Bioshock 2 being banned, this guy is talking hypothetically to stir up some contraversy.

Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 10:37.

They could probably go a long way to avoiding a ban if they just switched to something that didn't look like a needle to inject plasmids :P

Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?

Submitted by Cheater87 on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 10:36.

This is not good for the game industry. :(

Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?

Submitted by JB (not verified) on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 10:36.

Bioshock was an amazing game. I'm normally not into FPS but this one I made an exception for. I look forward to playing Bioshock 2... in Canada that is. Sucks, though, for the adults in the UK. :(

Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?

Submitted by Haggard on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 16:19.

They won't ban it. Manhunt 2 was banned because the Daily Mail and the crusading zealots of the middle class here used it as a symbol of violent games. Bioshock? Nobody who isn't into games here has even heard of Bioshock, and the BBFC can simply state that Bioshock 2's violent content is justified by the context, and there have been plenty of games far more violent than Bioshock which haven't been banned. Soldier of Fortune anyone?

Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?

Submitted by ZippyDSMlee on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 14:22.

No System shock 2 was amazing, BS is tant amount to BS becuse it was so watered down for the masses.

I is fuzzy brained mew =^^=
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Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 20:22.

You are by far the most annoying commenter on this site. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

System Shock 2 is by far my favorite game of all time, but Bioshock was still fantastic. Drop the whole 'all the masses are uneducated sheeple" act, you're just as stupid and opinionated as the people you think you're better than.

Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?

Submitted by ZippyDSMlee on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 18:40.

So says MR.Anonytroll *rolls eyes*

I is fuzzy brained mew =^^=
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Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?

Submitted by Iron Curtain (not verified) on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 18:10.

Hey, Just because BioShock wasn't as good as System Shock 2 doesn't mean Bio Shock was a bad game. That's like saying Mega Man 5 is a bad game or Super Mario Bros. 2 is a bad game when they beat a whole lot of crap that's put out on the NES.

Basically, what I'm saying is, have some perspective, geez.

Re: Game Biz Guru: Bioshock 2 Next to be Banned in UK?

Submitted by ZippyDSMlee on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 18:43.

“”” Hey, Just because BioShock wasn't as good as System Shock 2 doesn't mean Bio Shock was a bad game. That's like saying Mega Man 5 is a bad game or Super Mario Bros. 2 is a bad game when they beat a whole lot of crap that's put out on the NES.

Basically, what I'm saying is, have some perspective, geez. “””

The trouble is I have perspective and it says the game was watered down for the masses and under deved (the PC port is broken out fo the box for christ sake).

The game is not bad but as someone who has seen better its lackluster.

I is fuzzy brained mew =^^=
http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/
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Monte: trolls are just at their absolute worst when it comes to women and feminist. You could bet good money that if the developer were male the trolls would be silent and the conversation would actually focus on the journalism.10/18/2014 - 9:18pm

Monte: Papa: Not the first time we've had a journalism scandals before, but the harassment never got close to this level; the difference with this scandal is that feminists are involved. Without the feminist angle, their would be A LOT less harrassment10/18/2014 - 9:15pm

Papa Midnight: Monte: That's honestly rather short-sighted. As has been proven with other persons who have been targeted, if it wasn't Quinn, it would be someone else.10/18/2014 - 6:26pm

Avalongod: I think that's part of what gives an esoteric news story like this real life...it taps into a larger narrative about misogyny in society outside of games.10/18/2014 - 3:29pm

Avalongod: @Monte, well the trolls made death threats that came to police (and media attention). I think this is tapping into a larger issue outside of games about how women are treated in society (like all the "real rape" stuff during the last election)10/18/2014 - 3:28pm

Wonderkarp: Zippy : Havent tried the PS4 controller. might later.10/18/2014 - 2:37pm

Monte: Seirously, If Quinn was not involved and GG was instead about something like the Mordor Marketing contracts, the trolling would have never grown so vile and disgusting. There have been plenty of movements in the past that never sufferred from behavior..10/18/2014 - 1:57pm

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Matthew Wilson: http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/letter-from-the-editor-10-17-2014/1100-5049/ deferentially a nice write up.10/17/2014 - 6:44pm

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