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Brazilian gamers should be worried about a current plan from Senator Valdir Raupp which seeks to ban violent video games within the South American country. The ban would cover all areas of the industry, from their creation, importation, or distribution.

The bill, which has been approved by the Education Commission of the Senate, will now go to vote in the Committee on Constitution and Justice. The somewhat ridiculous and open legislation would ban, “the video games that affect the customs, traditions of the people, their worship, creeds, religions and symbols.”

Brazil has banned individual titles in the past, including the usual suspects like Grand Theft Auto, but has never instituted a country-wide banning. Since the legislation states any game that affects traditions or religions would be banned, they would technically not even need to have violence. Many will remember the Resistance fiasco when a level featured a player going through a church. Even without the violence, that could technically fall into the category of the legislation, proving how tough this could be for Brazil’s legitimate game industry.

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