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The following post was made on [http://www.diii.net/n/688134/bashiok-on-d3s-rating Battle.net]:
<blockquote>'''Is Blizzard trying to get a "younger" rating with Diablo 3 instead of the "M" for Mature rating that D1 and D2 had? Am I reading this wrong or is this ONLY for Europe? In a recent interview with Jay Wilson he had this to say about it:'''<br><br>'''''How will you guaranteee that Diablo 3 will not be censored or rated 18+ in germany?[http://diablo3.ingame.de/szene/interviews/interview_jaywilson/index_engl.php]'''''<br><br>'''''Jay Wilson:''' The biggest thing is, that we are targeting not to be an 18+ game. If we were to get an 18+ rating, we would likely make some changes to the german edition, to make sure it would not get this rating. But we handle those things pretty far in advance. We are already talking about the rating and what qualifies as an 18+ rating in europe to make sure that we do not hit that level, because we definitely want to make sure that the game is sold here.''<br><br>''Thoughts?''</blockquote>
The quote by [[Jay Wilson]] led to questions by players, such as if Blizzard was increasing the "[[carebear]]" factor of the game. [[Bashiok]] tried to calm down fans by explaining that this is a Germany-specific question, and had nothing to do with an 18 year age limit or anything similar, it's mainly a logistics question, and because of Germany's draconic video game laws, some changes might need to be made.
Given the huge popularity of the Diablo series in Germany, Blizzard will obviously do whatever it takes to keep their game from getting the dreaded 18+ USK rating. Fortunately, since it's a fantasy game with magic and other elements of unrealism, they shouldn't have the problem that the sci-fi and horror genres seem to have with current German censorship laws.
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