Kuwait bans ‘Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6’ video game, likely over it featuring Saddam Hussein in 1990s


Kuwait has not publicly acknowledged banning the game, which is set to be released on Oct 25 worldwide. However, it comes as Kuwait still wrestles with the aftermath of the invasion and as video game makers more broadly deal with addressing historical and cultural issues in their work. — AFP

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: The tiny Mideast nation of Kuwait has banned the release of the video game Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6, which features the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and is set in part in the 1990s Gulf War.

Kuwait has not publicly acknowledged banning the game, which is a tentpole product for the Microsoft-owned developer Activision and is set to be released on Oct 25 worldwide. However, it comes as Kuwait still wrestles with the aftermath of the invasion and as video game makers more broadly deal with addressing historical and cultural issues in their work.

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