Top 5 popular games that eventually got banned

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Censorship of games is a sensitive topic that every gaming studio has to deal with. Developers try to portray their thoughts that are best suited for the market, but sometimes things don’t go as well as they expect.

Throughout the years, plenty of titles have been banned by many countries due to a variety of reasons ranging from excessive violence to political defamation. Many games have been removed from store shelves as they are considered too taboo for the community.

Here's a look at five prominent examples of games that were deemed too extreme and were banned.

There is a very fine line between what is acceptable and what is "too far" in the gaming community. As games are mainly directed toward children and teenagers, games that feature too much violence or unsavory themes are banned by governments and other ruling bodies.

Postal 2 is the second installment of Running with Scissors’ notoriously acclaimed Postal series. Released in 2003, the game is a sequel to Postal and grabbed a lot of attention from the gaming community due to its high levels of black comedy and violence.

Players take on the role of a “Postal Dude,” who is involved in causing mayhem in his neighborhoods and carrying out mundane tasks throughout the week. The game's violent gameplay and dark humor gave rise to multiple controversies, and the developers faced a lot of backlash.

Postal 2 was eventually banned in many countries, including Malaysia, Germany, Sweden, Australia, and New Zealand. The game was cited for gross and abhorrent content, which included factors like homophobia and animal cruelty.

Bully is an action-adventure offering from Rockstar Games that raised quite a few eyebrows when it was first released in 2006. Playing in third-person, users