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NEWS: Gal*Gun 2 Game Refused Age Classification in Germany

The USK has simply started being harsher on sexualized depictions of minors or implied minors in games, most likely the reason for the decision, at least that was the case for the latest such decisions regarding naughty japanese games.

It should be noted though, that not receiving a rating is not a ban nor is it illegal to own, buy or sell, it only is automatically treated as a 18+ game. The USK is technically a private organization ( GmbH), although it cooperates with and over time was integrated into state and law. It is true that most shops do not sell those games, as they can be held liable for selling games that get bans later on if they did not receive a rating prior, but they could and some do, even if not receiving a rating might come pretty close in consequences to a ban for a lot of developers.
A game that did not receive a rating can still be banned or indexed via court procedure later on though. The likelihood of that happening to this game is fairly low, because people simply will not care, assuming court would even judge it banworthy.

Updated laws regarding virtual sexual depiction of minor-looking characters seem to lead to the recent decision and the organisation would face consequences if they would approve a rating.

Same laws led to the cancellation of the third episode of My Girlfriend is Shobitch from official german stream hosts months ago which contents dirty, ambiguous jokes in the presence of minor characters, initiated due to the decision by the FSK that classified this episode's content as liable to corrupt the young. In this case it is not quite correct to say that it was the free decision of the host even if they stated it themselves, but since they would risk consequences concerning the criminal law, the had no choice to do so. Same goes for the USK.

Good riddance. Now we just need PEGI to refuse to rate it, and ESRB to give it an AO and it won't be sold any where in the west!