Saudi Arabia's General Commission for Audiovisual Media announced that the government's Ministry of Media has not approved Square Enix's RPG Final Fantasy XVI for release in Saudi Arabia.
Final Fantasy XVI is banned in Saudi Arabia
The government agency did not provide a reason for the ban, but added that Square Enix is “unwilling to make the necessary modifications.”
The ESRB organization rated the game as “Mature,” describing the game’s levels of violence—which include blood spatter, mutilation, dismemberment, impalement, and torture—as well as sexual or suggestive content, including the presence of brothels, a character “stroking and mounting a man in bed”, and incidental and character dialogues that make reference to prostitution.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Media (formerly the Ministry of Culture and Information) frequently prohibits the release in the country of games that do not meet the agency's standards for media.
Finally, the game will launch on June 22nd for PlayStation 5 as a console exclusive until December 31st. While an initial live-streamed trailer listed a PC release, the game's trailers and website do not list a PC version.
Source: Siliconera
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