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In 2018, the BPjM established new rules regarding the use of unconstitutional symbols in games which would further allow games like ''Wolfenstein'', or versions of Doom II containing swastika graphics, to be legally sold, so long as the tone of the work itself is otherwise constitutional (for example, insofar as Nazis appear in the game, they are depicted as enemies or villains). | In 2018, the BPjM established new rules regarding the use of unconstitutional symbols in games which would further allow games like ''Wolfenstein'', or versions of Doom II containing swastika graphics, to be legally sold, so long as the tone of the work itself is otherwise constitutional (for example, insofar as Nazis appear in the game, they are depicted as enemies or villains). | ||
− | On the 30th of December | + | On the 30th of December 2019 the Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien announced that they deleted the US version of Doom II from the list of harmful media.<ref>https://www.schnittberichte.com/news.php?ID=15460</ref> This happened because Doom II was on the index for 25 years and after that time the index status has to be reevaluated. The BPjM decided that the use of swastikas in Doom II is no longer seen as unconstitutional with the new rules from 2018. |
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+ | Since then no title from the Doom series is on the German Index anymore. | ||
== Speedrunning == | == Speedrunning == |