Gamers in Germany and Austria will be playing a different version of Wolfenstein: The New Order to gamers in other parts of the world, due to laws regarding the use of Nazi-themed content.

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As detailed by Bethesda , The New Order contains Nazi-related symbols and content, which is forbidden by German law; violations may result in confiscation of the game all the way through to high financial penalty or up to three years in prison. This applies to both physical and digital copies of the game.To get around this, a different version of The New Order will be sold in Germany and Austria with the offending Nazi content removed or changed. PC versions of the unaltered international version will be "geo-locked" so that imported copies cannot be activated within Germany or Austria.Bethesda assures fans that these changes will not affect any content other than the Nazi themes, and "although there are some legally required differences, the levels of violence and action remain the same as in the international version." Wolfenstein: The New Order will launch globally on May 20 for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. The upcoming shooter will also have matching resolution and frame rate on PS4 and Xbox One . To help psych you up, be sure to read what we thought of the first hour

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