Blizzard: German StarCraft II Is Less Bloody
Blizzard is working on removing or changing the color of blood for the German version of StarCraft II.
A recent interview over on Instarcraft.de (translated) reveals that Blizzard plans to remove or change the color of blood from the upcoming German version of StarCraft II. Earlier reports have indicated that Blizzard is also editing Diablo III for Germany as well, however the task will be less of an issue with the former game.
Allen Dilling, Blizzard's Lead 3D Artist for StarCraft II, said that the adjustments will be slight, and the change will effect only a few units; most are robotic and do not require censoring. He added that although the team set out to create a game that looks good and "feels alive," they weren't focused on making the game particularly bloody.
"We [don't] want to offend anyone, but at the same time, we are working very passionately to develop the best product possible," Dilling said (paraphrased via Google Translate). "And specifically we are working on all the animations, so we do not want to see the [edits]. Here we are so very carefully trying to find the right path and give the fans what they want, without being insensitive. So it's a real balancing act."
Ultimately, Blizzard wants to see the German rating board restrict StarCraft II from consumers below the age of 12. However, as stated earlier, Diablo III will incorporate parental controls, so it may be that the German censorship ties into Blizzard's overall plan nationwide for both StarCraft II and Diablo III.

2. Three 'Starcraft II' packs (zerg,terran,protoss)
3. Points system to download user-made maps
4. recoloured blood..
ask L4D players...
it's not just same game....it's TOTALLY different....
Germans are so damm paranoid about so called violent games...it's not as if there's going to be another Hitler after playing CounterStrike....
Probably should have stated Day of Defeat
This is a trend that is becoming more comon everywhere! There is just a bunch of idiots in this world that blam violent games for everything. What they forget is that it is the person that is responsible for their actions.
Good Job Blizzard thinking ahead.
hahahahaha
So true... If violence is the common cold, then video games are the rain. Sure it can be a factor, but you shouldn't say, "Never do anything when it's raining. Ever." ...and shouldn't the parents be holding an umbrella over their child's head anyway?
Germany has had game censorship, sometimes more, sometimes less.
It's one of the reasons I import games from the UK (other than the fact that I hate dubs).
The last game I bought in Germany was C&C1, which had bots instead of infantry. I've stopped caring about German resleases the day I started importing using amazon.
(It's not just games btw. they censor movies too)
That's more rediculous. This is StarCraft II, not SexCraft LXIX .
And why the talk of integrated parental controls? The parent controls whether to buy the game for his kid in the first place. Pretty simple.
Use ur massive HDYRABLOCKS or your insane 8 SCV LEGORAX BUILD!!
here's hoping I'm wrong, and I have been misleaded by the screenshots and low res videos.
I'd assume that maybe the parent plays it but wants it locked from the kid on the same computer.
I hate how game companies make giant death-bringing robots look unrealistic.
Don't you also hate how real when you kill people they more or less explode with 100 gallons of blood