Puublisher is “hopeful that local authorities will reconsider”
Out next week, and almost certain to ruffle some feathers, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has not been approved for release in Kuwait. Publisher Activision is refunding all preorders and refrained from sharing the specific reasoning, although it doesn’t take a professor of modern history to understand why.
An Activision spokesperson provided IGN with the following statement: “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has not been approved for release in Kuwait. At this time, the title will not be available for release in the 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 Black Ops series.”
It’s Treyarch’s turn at the helm, and Black Ops 6 will delve into the Gulf War of the early 90s, which took place during many prospective players’ lifetimes. Iraq’s president at the time, Saddam Hussein, invaded the neighbouring country of Kuwait with the fourth largest army in the world at the time, occupying it in just two days.
Spearheaded by the U.S., UK, and Saudia Arabia, a 42-country coalition opposed Hussein and went to war to free it. This resulted in a horrifically one-sided conflict, with 12,000 coalition casualties (under 400 actually died), compared to the disputed 175,000 – 300,000 suffered by the Iraqis, with scenes like the infamous Highway of Death being beamed to television screens live for the first time.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 releases on 25th October, on PS5 and PS4. Will you be picking it up? Leet us know in the comments section below.
Khayl Adam is Push Square’s roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.
