[STEAM] Kuwait Blocks Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Release, Activision Cancels All Preorders and Offers Refunds

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Authorities in Kuwait have blocked the release of

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just days before it was due to launch.

****** Ops 6 was set to hit store shelves globally on October 25, including in Kuwait, but regulators have prohibited its release.

A spokesperson for Activison told IGN that it remained “hopeful” that the authorities in Kuwait would reconsider. Here’s the statement in full:

Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 has not been approved for release in Kuwait. At this time, the title will not be available for release in region. As a result, all preorders in Kuwait will be cancelled and refunded to the original point of purchase. We remain hopeful that local authorities will reconsider, and allow players in Kuwait to enjoy this all-new experience in the ****** Ops series. Activision ******* to explain the reason for ****** Ops 6’s Kuwait ban, but it probably had something to do with its setting. ****** Ops 6 is set in the 90s amid the Gulf War, which kicked off when Iraq invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990.

Indeed,

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features world leaders from the time *******, including Bill Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, George H. W. Bush, Colin Powell, and Saddam Hussein.

This week,

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pulled its $1 for 14 days of Game Pass trial ahead of

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’s release date. Mirroring

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,

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has now made the $1 introductory offer unavailable. It was previously available only to those who hadn’t subscribed to Game Pass before. ****** Ops 6 is of course the first Call of Duty game to launch straight into Game Pass day one, following

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’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

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Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on

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at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld.

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