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UAE Bans Darksiders

By pete_gallagher

The United Arab Emirates has banned THQ's game Darksiders reports gaming site GamesLatest.

The site notes that such bannings are not usually accompanied by a detailed explanation; instead an explanation typically offered is that a forbidden commodity 'contradicts with UAE's customs and traditions.'

The game, developed by Vigil games for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, involves demons and has players take the role of War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

In the game's setting, War is accused of breaking a scared law and 'inciting a war between Heaven and Hell.' Following a battle between demons and angels that the demons win, War is 'brought before the sacred Charred Council' and indicted for his crimes and has his other worldly powers removed. While being hunted by Angels, War returns to Earth in order to search for the truth, to find those responsible for deceiving him and to battle the forces of Hell.

God of War and Grand Theft Auto IV were also banned in the UAE in recent years.

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).