{"id":2071,"date":"2018-07-17T15:19:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T15:19:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-07-17T15:19:11","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T15:19:11","slug":"saudi-arabia-has-just-banned-many-video-games-due-to-child-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/saudi-arabia-has-just-banned-many-video-games-due-to-child-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Has Just Banned Many Popular Video Games Due To Child Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Is your favorite game on the list?<\/em><\/p>\n

According to the Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, <\/em>games including ‘Grand Theft Auto V,’ ‘Assassins Creed 2’ and ‘Witcher’ have been banned in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

The total of 47 games have been banned by the Saudi General Commission for Audio-Visual Media says the report.<\/h3>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The details of why these 47 games, in particular, have been banned have not been released by the authorities.<\/p>\n

The full list of games that are banned is as follows:<\/h3>\n

Agents of Mayhem<\/p>\n

Assassins Creed 2<\/p>\n

Attack on Titan 2<\/p>\n

Bayonetta 2<\/p>\n

Clash of the Titans<\/p>\n

Dante\u2019s Inferno<\/p>\n

Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition<\/p>\n

Deadpool<\/p>\n

Deception IV: The Nightmare Process<\/p>\n

Deus Ex Mankind Divided<\/p>\n

Devils Third<\/p>\n

DmC \u2013 Definitive edition<\/p>\n

Dragon Age: Inquisition<\/p>\n

Dragon\u2019s Dogma: Dark Arisen<\/p>\n

Draw to Death<\/p>\n

Final Fantasy Dissidia<\/p>\n

Fist of the North Star: Ken\u2019s Rage 2<\/p>\n

God of War 1<\/p>\n

God of War 2<\/p>\n

God of War 3<\/p>\n

Grand Theft Auto V<\/p>\n

Heavy Rain<\/p>\n

Hitman: Absolution (2012)<\/p>\n

Life is Strange<\/p>\n

Mafia 2<\/p>\n

Mafia 3<\/p>\n

Metro Redux<\/p>\n

Okami<\/p>\n

One Piece Burning Blood<\/p>\n

Past Cure<\/p>\n

Prison Architect<\/p>\n

Resident Evil 5<\/p>\n

Resident Evil 6<\/p>\n

Saints Row IV<\/p>\n

SplatterHouse<\/p>\n

Street Fighter V<\/p>\n

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary<\/p>\n

The Order 1886<\/p>\n

The Saboteur<\/p>\n

The Witcher 3<\/p>\n

The Nonary Game<\/p>\n

Thief<\/p>\n

Vampyr<\/p>\n

Watch Dogs<\/p>\n

Wolfenstein 2<\/p>\n

Wolfenstein: The New Order<\/p>\n

YO-KAI WATCH<\/p>\n

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