From a report on GamePolitics, it seems as though the German government, by way of its sixteen Interior Ministers, have requested that Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, move to ban the production and distribution of violent videogames in the country.

This news came about after a scheduled conference of interior ministers, where school shootings (and in particular the tragic shooting on March 11th at a school in Winnenden) were heavily discussed to bolster their argument for a ban on violent games.

A ban as aggressive as this would adversely affect game developers in the country such as Crytek, developers of shooters Far Cry and Crysis, by forcing them to either outsource development work to developers in other countries, or move their headquarters out of Germany – something Crytek have threatened to do before.

The ban would obviously also adversely affect consumers in the country, who will need to seek alternative sources for their games.