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Commenting on Germany’s current parliamentary attempt to enforce a complete ban on violent videogames, Crytek president and co-founder Cevat Yerli has said such a blanket ban would force him to consider uprooting the prominent development studio from its home in Frankfurt.
Werden wir nicht im Deutschland bleiben! Das Verbot ist eine schlechte Nachricht! Image: Crytek.
The proposed ban, if successfully implemented by the German government, would not only prevent the sale of violent videogames throughout the country, but would also make it illegal for development studios such as Crytek to even produce such content.
While such radical action would likely have a negative effect on German’s videogame retail market, Yerli told GamesIndustry.biz that the potential ban on violent videogames is a growing concern because its implementation would essentially stretch to include all Germany-based employees involved in the creative process.
“If the German creative community can’t effectively participate in one of the most important cultural mediums of our future, we will be forced to relocate to other countries,” warned Yerli.
“The current political discussion will deprive German talent of its place on the global game development stage, and deprive German consumers of entertainment that is considered safe and fun around the world,” he added.
Cerat Yerli is one of three Turkish brothers that founded Crytek GmbH in 1999 before going on to produce critically acclaimed and award-winning videogame titles such as Far Cry and Crysis, as well as the CryEngine game engine technology.
The company currently employs approximately 450 people spread across studios in Germany, England, Ukraine, Hungary and Bulgaria.
Other videogame development studios based in Germany likely to be hit by the ban include Zuxxez, which recently produced action titles Two Worlds and X-Blades, and also Ascaron, which helmed this year’s Sacred 2: Fallen Angel.
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