Official word has come thatGears of War 2will not be coming to Germany or Japan this November, with the game remaining indefinitely unreleased in either territory.
“We can confirm thatGears of War 2will not be available inGermanyorJapanindefinitely,” a Microsoft spokesman told Edge.
While Germany is hardly surprising, given thatfascism never seemed to diethe country’s ratings board has severe maturity issues when handling videogame content, the Japanese issue is a bit of a surprise. The originalGears of Wargathered itself a respectable amount of popularity in Japan, so it’s incredibly odd that Japan wouldn’t be getting the sequel.
MS has so far given no indication as to whyGears 2won’t be released in these territories, although we know Germany’snazi bastardsratings board refused to classify the game in May. German gamers will most likely have to do what they always do, and call their local, likely popular, importer. As for Japan, it’ll be a real shocker if it never gets released at all, so we’ll wait and see.
