China's Censored Skins: All Skin Changes in Perfect World's CS:GO

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Did you know there are two different versions of CS:GO? There's the normal Steam version you've probably played, and the version intended for the Chinese market released by Perfect World in 2017.

The Perfect World version was made to meet the Chinese government’s formal and informal regulations for content in the country. In particular, Chinese versions of western games are quick to censor skulls, gore, excessive violence and political iconography and views.

While there’s no actual written rule that strictly bans skulls and bones, developers often self censor aggressively to avoid having their games and cosmetics rejected by the Chinese National Press and Publication Administration.

Despite the developer's actual intentions, it comes down to interpretation as skulls, bones and even blood could be tied to a religious organization or cult in China. For that, it’s better to be safe than sorry which sees gaming companies censoring themselves or part of their games including Valve.

For that reason, a large number of skins in the Perfect World version are censored in interesting and unique ways, which he have demonstrated below. Whether these changes end up making the skin better than the normal version is up for you to decide.

Pistols

Five-SeveN | Scrawl

An example of a skull being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

Glock-18 | Nuclear Garden

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

P250 | Cartel

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

P250 | Contamination

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

P250 | Muertos

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

R8 Revolver | Crazy 8

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

R8 Revolver | Skull Crusher

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

Tec-9 | Toxic

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

USP-S | Cortex

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

USP-S | Kill Confirmed

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

SMGs

MAC-10 | Curse

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

MAC-10 | Nuclear Garden

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

MAC-10 | Propaganda

A unique example of Perfect World censoring Russian-language text on the skin due to the potential connection to the Soviet Union. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

P90 | Shallow Grave

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

P90 | Grim

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

MP7 | Cirrus

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

MP7 | Skulls

Aptly Named. An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

UMP-45 | Primal Saber

Rare example of an animal skill being censored. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

UMP-45 | Bone Pile

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

Rifles

AK-47 | Cartel

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

AWP | Acheron

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

AWP | Exoskeleton

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

AWP | Worm God

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

FAMAS | Macabre

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

FAMAS | Styx

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

GALIL AR | Chatterbox

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

M4A4 | Desolate Space

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

M4A4 | Hellfire

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

SG 553 | Bleached

Another rare example of animal skulls being censored. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

SG 553 | Heavy Metal

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

Heavy

Nova | Rising Skull

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

Sawed-Off | Apocalypto

An example of gore and bones being toned down. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

Sawed-Off | Yorick

Alas poor Yorick, what have they done to you? Credit: Valve/Perfect World

XM1014 | Bone Machine

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

XM1014 | XOXO

An example of skulls being removed. Credit: Valve/Perfect World

The Perfect World version provides a special look to some skins while destroying the uniqueness of others like the R8 Revolver Skull Crusher. The censorship in China goes beyond skins, even map textures with Arabic texts are removed including any politically related symbols.

Now that you’ve seen both versions, Which one is your favorite? Tweet at us @blix_gg

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