In the state of New York, there's a little something called Operation Game Over. The initiative, which is spearheaded by the New York Attorney General, has various game companies all pooling their resources to ban registered sex offenders from accessing the major network platforms.
According to Kotaku, more than 3,500 were banned earlier this year, and an additional 2,100 were given the boot yesterday morning, thanks to THQ, Funcom and NCSoft joining the cause (one that already has the involvement of Microsoft, Sony, Blizzard, EA, and many others).
The bannings is connected with a state law that requires convicted sex offenders to resister every email address, screen names, and whatever else that constitutes an online identity.
The information is then turned over to the Operation Game Over partners, who then hit the dump button if anything on their end matches up. There are plenty of sex offender registries across the country, but only New York is actively pursuing those who engage in online gaming.
