[Mrluvaluva]

A PC game that allows players to gang rape virtual women – and then force them to have an abortion – has been banned from Amazon.

In Rapelay, gamers direct a character to sexually assault a mother and her two young daughters at an underground station, before raping any of a selection female characters.

The game was intended for release just in Japan, but was on offer to British buyers through Amazon Marketplace, the section of the online store's website open to third-party sellers.

But Amazon has now withdrawn the game after complaints from users, deeming it to be inappropriate. "We determined that we did not want to be selling this particular item," a spokeswoman said.

Rapelay was developed by the Japanese production house Illusion, which makes a number of sexually violent games for the domestic market. Their other titles include "Battle Raper" and "Artificial Girl".

A spokesman for the company said: "We believe there is no problem with the software, which has cleared the domestic ratings of an ethics watchdog body."

Keith Vaz, the Labour MP for Leicester East who has previously spoken out against computer games that promote violence, condemned the game.

"It is intolerable that anyone would purchase a game that simulates the criminal offence of rape," he told the Belfast Telegraph.

Rapelay, which was released in 2006, encourages players to force the virtual woman they rape to have an abortion. If they are allowed to give birth the woman throws the player's character under a train, according to reviews of the game. It also has a feature allowing several players to team up against individual women.


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How are they managing to market such a vile game? How did this get through censors?

[SiaSiaSia]

What an AWFUL game :O.
But then I guess you can say all the killing games are awful as well. But still, I think that's terrible. good on amazon..

[Stu]

You have to lol...

Another one of the fun features in RapeLay is that you can really let your creative run wild and invite three of your best creepy friends to assist you in you rape. No, I'm not talking Internet multiplayer, it's more of a rape hot seat where three other dudes crowd around your victim and you create some weird geometric rape-prism. Like the cover of that Pink Floyd album, only with rapes.

[Mrluvaluva]

I can't believe some of the things in that article. A game that is designed to make users enjoy the simulation of rape is just.......wrong.

[Ninastar]

I heard about a really horrible like this one aswell. Exept its where you take your anger out on babies untill they die. (well there eyes turn into x's) Apparently it has horrible slaping sounds and cries. Its disgusting tbh

[Scarlett.]

What the ****ing hell!?!?!?!?!?

[Enid]

Only in Japan... hehe

[Annie]

Glad to bloody hear it. Thats awful. No wonder some messed up kids in Japan and America think its alright to do tragic things to people. It is actually in these games.

[andyman]

Fek! Hope i get a refund.

[Spike]

It doesn't surprise me why so many young people are ****ed up

[hannah.]

i feel quite sick

[Enid]

Originally posted by Annie
Glad to bl***y hear it. Thats awful. No wonder some messed up kids in Japan and America think its alright to do tragic things to people. It is actually in these games.

In extreme cases like this, maybe, but I think blaming everything on video games is a poor excuse when it's simply a lack of self control and mental stability.

[Mrluvaluva]

Videos that portray rape for the pleasure of the viewer are banned. Why should games be any different? Although the game does not exhibit human beings being subjected to such an act admittedly, the fact that gamers can enjoy simulating rape I find disturbing in itself.

[Christina]

Thats outragous, what kind of idiot thinks a game like that would be acceptable.. Jesus!

[Billy]

LOLOLOL.

What about games where people kill each other?!

[officialleafan]

Go Amazon!

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Billy
LOLOLOL.

What about games where people kill each other?!

Arguably, violence is edgy and causes an increase in serotonin and restlessness. It's fuelled by that.

Rape, and virtual rape is fuelled by sexual perversion only.

[andyman]

When i play Far Cry 2 i kill alot of people, i dont want to but i have to.