Brazilian officials have wielded t🍸he ban hammer on online games EverQuest and Counter-Strike. Both games are accused of inciting violence and are "ha💫rmful to consumers' health," according to .

The ban was actu🅷ally officially ordered last October but has only 🌳now gone into effect. Neither game can now be sold in the country.

Judge Carlos Alberto Simoes ruled that Counter-Strike and EverQuest promoted "the subversion of public order" and "were an 🦋attack against the democratic state and the law and against public security."

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Jan 22, 2008