Yesterday's item about the BBC's 3D weathermap offending scots and color-sensitive viewers all over Britain has parallels in the gaming world. The Taipei Times (via AFP) reports that American gaming studios trying to break into the Chinese market have to be sensitive to a host of concerns, mainly related to nationalistic issues. A soccer game that featured a team from Taiwan was nixed, as was "Command and Conquer," which portrays China as one of the enemy countries. Censorship is not codified in China, but officials can ban something arbitrarily if they don't like it, says the article.
China is not the only country to regulate game titles or content. Germany bans games that are too violent or show Nazi symbols, the article reports.
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