In a not-so-stunning turn of events, it seems that the battle to release Zombie Cow’s genitalia-based shooter Privates on Xbox Live Indie Games has been lost. Zombie Cow announced as much this morning, saying, “The guys at Xbox have been amazing. They’ve been really helpful and supportive throughout, but ultimately have advised that the game wouldn’t pass the Indie Games Peer Review process.”
Given the previous warnings saying as much, Zombie Cow wasn’t exactly blindsided by this news. “It’s a shame, but it’s something we’d always pretty much assumed would happen,” says ZC’s Dan Marshall. He also assured fans that, since releasing the game on PC, the studio has been “improving it and getting it running on as many different systems as possible” as to fix various bugs.
For its part, Microsoft told Joystiq, “This game has not been approved for distribution on Xbox LIVE Indie Games. We have guidelines in place that closely track requirements of content ratings boards worldwide and, among other things, prohibit the publication of strong sexual content.”
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