Kuwait Blocks Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Release, Activision Cancels All Preorders and Offers Refunds
Authorities in Kuwait have blocked the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 just days before it was due to launch.
Black 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:
Activision failed to explain the reason for Black Ops 6’s Kuwait ban, but it probably had something to do with its setting. Black Ops 6 is set in the 90s amid the Gulf War, which kicked off when Iraq invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990.
Indeed, promotional material for Black Ops 6 features world leaders from the time period, including Bill Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, George H. W. Bush, Colin Powell, and Saddam Hussein.
This week, Microsoft pulled its $1 for 14 days of Game Pass trial ahead of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s release date. Mirroring a tactic it employed ahead of last year's launch of Bethesda’s Starfield, Microsoft has now made the $1 introductory offer unavailable. It was previously available only to those who hadn’t subscribed to Game Pass before. Black Ops 6 is of course the first Call of Duty game to launch straight into Game Pass day one, following Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
We've also got confirmation of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's launch Multiplayer maps, modes, and Operators, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's preload and global launch times.
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