Diablo III to have parental controls and region-specifc restrictions

Posted Aug 26th 2009 9:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: RPG, Diablo III

When we got a chance to go hands-on with the newly revealed Diablo III Monk character at BlizzCon this weekend, we go to see blood. Lots of blood. Blood in extraordinary quantities (to quote Alan Moore). Yes, the action-RPG sequel will indeed be a showcase for developer Blizzard to see lots of creatures blow up a lot of the red stuff.

But what about countries where the red stuff in games is frowned upon? Over at Wired, Diablo III lead designer Jay Wilson states, " Definitely for regions like Germany and Australia, we will have to change blood if we're going to sell there." And its looking like the game may not be sold in China at all with Wilson saying, "Because a lot of the restrictions there are really... we may not be able to do them. It may not be possible." Wilson also says that Diablo III will have parental controls that will allow anyone to tone down the blood and change its color.

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Tags: blizzard, blizzard-entertainment, blizzcon-2009, diablo-3, diablo-iii

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Effing fascist governments can die in a fire.Posted at 6:51PM on Aug 26th 2009 by James

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