July 18 Update: We've asked the USK, the rating board of the game in Germany, to elaborate on what this really means to the German release.

From a USK representative: "That's right, the gorgeous Dead Rising received No Rating (Keine Kennzeichnung) by the USK. The USK and the OLJB cannot rate games when there is a potential risk of banning. Because if a game has a Rating, it can't be banned afterwards (when released). So the USK checks in advance if certain criteria of the Bundesprüfstelle are met, no Rating can be given." The representative goes on to say: "So the game CAN´T officially be released in Germany, because MS (Microsoft) politics doesn't allow non-Rated games to be published on their platform. From the youth Protection Laws point of view it COULD be released, you can even advertise for it, it can be on the shelves, you are just now allowed to sell it to minors, a fee of 50,000 €uro might hit you."

So to sum it up, it sounds like they are avoiding a potential ban by not rating it, under the conditions of the Bundesprüfstelle, which in turn prevents its release since Microsoft does not publish non-rated games.

Besides the killing and maiming of thousands of undead, who knows if any references to an animal's private parts, as reported by Kotaku, had anything to do with it.

Either way, gamers in Germany may need to go to their neighbors for some help on the release or go to smaller/import dealers.

From QJ.

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