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Singapore Lifts Ban on Game With Lesbian Love

Mass Effect can be sold with M18 rating

By Laila Weir, Newser User

Posted Nov 16, 2007 2:54 PM CST

(Newser) – Gamers in Singapore may now buy Microsoft's Mass Effect despite a female-female love scene. The country has decided to allow the sale of the video game under an M18 rating, reports Singapore's Straits Times, after previously banning it due to a scene showing a human woman and an alien woman kissing.

The move is part of a loosening of strict censorship that recently prohibited the release of two other games. Some graphically violent games like Assassin's Creed are now permitted with a warning label. The country's censorship board said it will allow "highly anticipated games to be launched in Singapore" using ratings and, soon, a new classification system.

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Singapore reversed a decision to ban Microsoft's Mass Effect. ((c) gamerscoreblog)

This undated screen shot provided by Bioware, shows "Mass Effect." Electronic Arts plans to acquire BioWare, developers of "Mass Effect," and Pandemic Studios. (AP Photo/BioWare) (Associated Press)

Microsoft's Mass Effect was earlier banned in Singapore. ((c) gamerscoreblog)

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Singapore Lifts Ban on Game With Lesbian Love