Official word has come that Gears of War 2 will not be coming to Germany or Japan this November, with the game remaining indefinitely unreleased in either territory.
“We can confirm that Gears of War 2 will not be available in
While Germany is hardly surprising, given that fascism never seemed to die the country’s ratings board has severe maturity issues when handling videogame content, the Japanese issue is a bit of a surprise. The original Gears of War gathered itself a respectable amount of popularity in Japan, so it’s incredibly odd that Japan wouldn’t be getting the sequel.
MS has so far given no indication as to why Gears 2 won’t be released in these territories, although we know Germany’s nazi bastards ratings board refused to classify the game in May. German gamers will most likely have to do what they always do, and call their local, likely popular, importer. As for Japan, it’ll be a real shocker if it never gets released at all, so we’ll wait and see.
