'Privates' banned from XBLA for "inherently sexual nature"

In a bid to keep its console free of pervosexuals, Microsoft has prevented the release of platform game Privates on Xbox LIVE Arcade due to its "inherently sexual nature." It's not a big evil scheme, however -- developer Zombie Cow's Dan Marshall says they've been "amazing" and then some.

“They’ve been really supportive and helpful throughout, but ultimately have advised that the game wouldn’t pass the Indie Games Peer Review process, purely due to its inherently sexual nature. As a result, if you want to play as a tiny little man blasting away inside someone’s innards, the only place to do it is privatesgame.com."

“It’s a shame, but it’s something we’d always pretty much assumed would happen.”

Regarding the free PC version, Marshall adds they've been working hard at it since launch. Besides the last patch we mentioned, it sounds like there's been at least one more as he states all of the crashes and other issues have been fixed up.

If you're not familiar with Privates, it's described as "a platform shooter in which you lead a teeny-tiny gang of condom-hatted marines as they delve into peoples’ vaginas and bottoms and blast away at all manner of oozy, shouty monsters. It’s rude, funny, bitingly satirical and technically pretty accurate if you don’t count the tiny people or the germs with teeth."