The Postal game did not get into Google Play because of "gratuitous cruelty"
The mobile version of the Postal game has not been censored on Google PLay. The reason for the refusal was the “gratuitous cruelty” of the title.
In the photo: screenshot from the original 1997 Postal game
Postal is a port of the 1997 game about a psychopathic killer.
It contains scenes of violence in abundance. So it’s hard to accuse Google’s censor team of bias.
However, this is exactly what the authors of the game, the studio Running With Scissors, did. They claim that if their game has not passed the test, then you need to delete the GTA series, also famous for its cruelty, and Carmageddon, and all zombie shooters.
After refusing to host the game, Running With Scissors filed an appeal. It was rejected. The studio is not going to give up and continues to look for a way to bring the title to the consumer. Now its management is trying to contact Google representatives. The studio is considering the possibility of placing Postal in other stores, such as the Humble Store or Amazon.
Recall that last month Google replaced automatic verification by a team of relevant specialists.
A source: http://www.develop-online.net
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