Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle

...worldwide by the end of 2006. Due to its graphic violence and thus obvious fulfilment of at least one of German BPjM's indexing criteria, the Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle, Germany's board responsible for rating entertainment...

In this article: Dead Rising, Capcom, and Xbox 360

...and Grand Theft Auto. All games that are released to the public are required to carry a certificate given by the USK (Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle - Voluntary Monitoring Organisation of Entertainment Software). If the USK...

In this article: Germany, Factor 5, Turrican, Blue Byte, Grand Theft Auto, The Patrician, Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64, Atari ST, and Lair

...under the age of 17. However, the depiction of beheadings attracts stricter ratings in other parts of the world. In Germany, the Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK) deemed these excessive, and refused to rate the game at all. Since...

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Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (German Self-Monitoring of Entertainment Software) or USK, is Germany's software rating organization. The rating for specific games may refer to localised versions, in which some elements of the game...

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...was allowed to pass. On the other hand, I guess I would be glad if this passed because would finally shut up those ****ers at USK (Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle). You know, those asshats that love to refuse to rate games and as such...

In this article: Germany, WWII, Fallout 3, Xbox 360, Sausage, Hamburger, and Tax

...the Xbox 360. We first caught wind of this via GamerBytes, who managed to snag a picture of the German listing before it was removed from the Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle website. The listing was for The Secret Of Monkey Island -...

In this article: Xbox 360, LucasArts, Adventure Gamers, The Secret of Monkey Island, E3, Xbox Live Arcade, and Microsoft

...a fairly strict policy against lengthy headlines -- otherwise, we would have given this post the title it properly deserves: "German ratings board Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK) tries to rate Guitar Hero: Van Halen, finds music...

In this article: Guitar Hero: Van Halen, Van Halen, PS3, RSS Feed, Blu-ray, Rambo, Rock Band, PlayStation Network, and GameStop

...and career of Van Halen is a poorly kept secret, the publisher hasn't yet officially announced it. But the German game ratings board has. The Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK) has rated Guitar Hero headlining Van Halen for the...

In this article: Activision, Van Halen, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero: Van Halen, Bobby Kotick, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3

...Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen tie-in rises into view 16 hours ago on Joystiq: Sega acquires 2010 Winter Olympics license The Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (or USK, for those who are terrified of lengthy, foreign...

In this article: Joystiq, Wanted: Weapons of Fate, Eurogamer, Call of Duty: World at War, Resident Evil 5, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Sega, Nintendo, and 2010 Winter Olympics

...about the cultural differences between German and American gamers (they love their Catan over there), we eventually settled on the topic of the Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK), Germany's software ratings organization. While it's...

In this article: Zak McKracken, Monkey Island 1, LucasArts, Xbox, Germany, and Munich