Electronic Arts shooter Bulletstorm has been granted a USK 18 + seal by the German Entertainment Software Rating Board, but has to accept very heavy censorship cuts despite the adult rating.
Ragdoll effects, blood, splatter and dismembering are all absent from the German version of the People Can Fly and Epic co-development – which bears the tagline “Kill with skill.”
Germany’s youth protection measures are perhaps infamous, having lead to a number of high-profile game edits and bans in recent years. Games granted an USK seal cannot, however, be banned or indexed by the German youth protection board (BPjM).