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# Windows 8 store will censor titles that contain "adult content"
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/windows-8-store-will-censor-titles-contain-adult-content/
- Published: 2012-10-11T20:30:12.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T14:51:50.000Z
- Description: The flak continues for Microsoft, after the introduction of a new regulation that prohibits the distribution of games rated above ESRB Mature and Pegi 16 through the Windows 8 store. This includes titles Skyrim, Mass Effect 3, Bioshock et cetera. It’s been a bad few weeks for the new OS and games. N
- Author: Teddy Papes
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

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The flak continues for Microsoft, after the introduction of a new regulation that prohibits the distribution of games rated above ESRB Mature and Pegi 16 through the Windows 8 store. This includes titles Skyrim, Mass Effect 3, Bioshock et cetera. It’s been a bad few weeks for the new OS and games. Notch [won’t](http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/27/notch-refuses-to-certify-minecraft-for-closed-windows-8-platfo/?ref=killscreen.com) certify Minecraft for Windows 8\. Gabe Newell [called](http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/26/gabe-newell-windows-8-is-a-catastrophe?ref=killscreen.com) the new OS a catastrophe.

> This does not mean that 18-rated games will not be playable on Windows 8\. Presumably games bought from Steam or Origin or elsewhere will work just fine. This is Microsoft’s shop. But [the connotations for the future](http://mollyrocket.com/casey/index.html?ref=killscreen.com) are scary. What if a Windows Store presence becomes a necessity for Windows 8 games? How many publishers could resist that user base (and how many users could resist Windows)? And then what – a world of PEGI 16 games?