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Saudi Arabia Has Just Banned Many Popular Video Games Due To Child Deaths
Is your favorite game on the list?
According to the Hollywood Reporter, games including ‘Grand Theft Auto V,’ ‘Assassins Creed 2’ and ‘Witcher’ have been banned in Saudi Arabia.
The total of 47 games have been banned by the Saudi General Commission for Audio-Visual Media says the report.
The past few weeks have seen the deaths of two children in the country. The two victims were a 1year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl. They were believed to have killed themselves after taking playing the Blue Whale game.
The details of why these 47 games, in particular, have been banned have not been released by the authorities.
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Agents of Mayhem
Assassins Creed 2
Attack on Titan 2
Bayonetta 2
Clash of the Titans
Dante’s Inferno
Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
Deadpool
Deception IV: The Nightmare Process
Deus Ex Mankind Divided
Devils Third
DmC – Definitive edition
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen
Draw to Death
Final Fantasy Dissidia
Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2
God of War 1
God of War 2
God of War 3
Grand Theft Auto V
Heavy Rain
Hitman: Absolution (2012)
Life is Strange
Mafia 2
Mafia 3
Metro Redux
Okami
One Piece Burning Blood
Past Cure
Prison Architect
Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 6
Saints Row IV
SplatterHouse
Street Fighter V
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary
The Order 1886
The Saboteur
The Witcher 3
The Nonary Game
Thief
Vampyr
Watch Dogs
Wolfenstein 2
Wolfenstein: The New Order
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