In the most recent act of censorship in a long line of many, The Darkness has now attracted the evil eye from German officials — who demand that a few “changes” need to be made before Take-Two can have any hopes of releasing the game on the land that Hitler soiled. So what appears to be the hold up? Well my pretties, it seems that two things: The appearance of Nazi symbols (which I haven’t noticed in the game), and those gory finishing moves that make this game shine.
The Nazi symbols will of course be removed, and the current finishing move of having “Darklings” feasting on the hearts of enemies will be replaced with, get this, a yellowish-green-fog representing soul absorption instead. Did anyone else just smack themselves in the head out of frustration right now?
Anyway, the release date has been pushed back until July 27th, so that Take-Two can sanitize the game for those overly sensitive German folks. However, if you happen to live in the United States or the jolly old UK, you’re laughing to yourself, and enjoying this fine game for what it is — a horror game. I can only wonder if they are allowed to play Mortal Kombat over there.
[Via Gamesindustrybiz]
