A bit late to the party on this one, but it appears the Swiss are taking aim at violent games and have passed a couple of resolutions that could seriously impact franchises such as [I]Grand Theft Auto[/I] and [I]Call of Duty[/I].

The Swiss National Council's resolutions, passed a few days ago, are not law yet as the government must determine what constitutes inappropriate amounts of violence. [URL="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/switzerlandtakesaimatviolentvideogames/35554571/SIG=12g5ea59k/*http://kotaku.com/5498781/swiss-government-cracking-down-on-violent-game-sales"]According to Kotaku[/URL], the Socialist Party's resolution seeks to "stop the manufacture, advertisement, importation and sale of any game that promotes as a means of advancement or 'success' acts of violence against humans or 'human-like' creatures." The resolution passed 19-12.

The second, by the Christian Democratic Party, wants to restrict the sale of violent shooters to children, and passed 27-1.

But the article also points out a ray of sunshine:

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