On a post over at Voodoo Extreme, the German branch of Microsoft’s PR firm has announced that Gears of War will not be making its 360 debut in Deutschland. This is due to the national USK ratings board rejecting giving it a rating. Per the article at Voodoo Extreme, had the game come out it would have been treated much like porn: no advertisements, no mention of the game in the store, and to purchase a copy you’d have to ask the salesperson and s/he would slip it to you in a brown paper sack.
So that makes no zombies or futuristic war games for German gamers. Oh the humanity!