Sometimes you have to know when to hold them and also know when to fold them (we read that somewhere). In this case the folding goes over to Sega who confirmed to our sister site Joystiq that they don't plan to sell their upcoming first person shooter Aliens Vs Predator in Germany.

According to Sega, the Rebellion-developed game would have to have its expected violent content edited to be sold in the always strict country but in the end they decided not to bother, saying such changes "would harm the gameplay experience." And what about Australia, which also has a tendency to ban games with very violent themes? Sega says that so far there's no word from that country's ratings board. Aliens Vs Predator will likely get an "M" rating from the US-based ESRB when it's released sometime in the first quarter of 2010.