Dead Space may be releasing even earlier than expected this month but not everyone will be able to enjoy it. It has just been announced that Dead Space will not be coming to China, Germany and Japan on any platform. It has not even been refused classification just outright banned. While China and Germany have been known to ban titles before, Japan comes as a significant surprise. No reasons as to why yet.

In space, no one can hear you scream. And apparently in Germany, Japan, and China, things worth screaming over simply aren't allowed.

In a posting on the official Dead Space Web site, EA community manager Ben Swanson announced that the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC game "will be banned in Germany, China, and Japan." Swanson did not say what indications the team has received to suggest the imminent banning of the sci-fi survival horror game.

While China's government has a lengthy history of monitoring the media its citizens consume, the prospect of German and Japanese bans are somewhat more surprising. Capcom ran afoul of Germany's ratings board with Dead Rising, but even when denied a classification, the game wasn't outright banned. Instead, Capcom had to deal with severe limitations on the ways it could be sold and advertised.

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