Dead Rising 2 banned in the UAE

MEGamers:
"Okay, this is getting a bit ridiculous. Joining the massive list of banned games in the region such as Mafia II, Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age: Origins, and Red Dead Redemption is Capcom's recently out zombie gore-fest Dead Rising 2.

As usual, there is no official word from the UAE National Media Council, but according to an official at Pluto Games, the local distributor for Capcom, the game saw the banhammer due to "violence, gambling and nudity", and oh, not to forget the 'use of alcohol' as mentioned in the ESRB ratings."

[Quagmire]

Hm.. I wonder if they will ban Medal Of Honor, or promote the game's controversial selling point?

[Middle East Gamers]

It was allowed to be demoed at GAMES 10, a local E3-of sorts just this month. So things look bright! But you can never tell.

[starvinbull]

Are you suggesting that the UAE supports or avdocates the aims and beleliefs of the Taliban?

[DelbertGrady]

To some the middle east = talibans. Funny thing is that Afghanistan is part of central Asia.

Personally, I find it hilarious how US censorship is extremely hard on nudity but are very light on gun violence and blood & gore. Artfully depicted tits are a no-no while cattle decapitation is a-ok.

[PopEmUp]

but it get you aids :P

[AntoineDcoolette]

Afghanistan is part of the 'greater middle east' though!

[mushroomwig]

I'm completely surprised by this news, I have always considered the UAE to be a fair and constitutional loving country where the government are there to serve the people, not the other way around.

/end obvious sarcasm.

[AliTheBrit19]

Name me a single "fair and constitutional" country on this planet - It doesn't exist.

[Rowland]

I would have thought they'd be absolutely lapping up these KILLING games seeing as conflict seems to be many middle eastern countries national pastime.

[ECM0NEY]

"I would have thought they'd be absolutely lapping up these KILLING games seeing as conflict seems to be many middle eastern countries national pastime."

QFT

bubs for you Rowland edit: and Scarfy

The sad part is they do worse things to thier people then you can do in this game. Like brain washing an 18 year old kid to kill himself in the name of a religion he doesnt even understand.

[starvinbull]

When you say "they" who are you talking about?

Quoted for truth from Wikipedia:

When contrasted with other Arab states, such as Saudi Arabia for instance, the UAE has comparatively very liberal laws. The country has a civil law jurisdiction. However, Shari'a or Islamic law is applied to aspects of family law, inheritance and certain criminal acts.

The country has undergone a period of liberalization and modernisation during the reign of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. The laws of the UAE tolerate alcohol to a certain extent. However, public bars and nightclubs in the UAE operate mainly in hotels and clubs, much like in Qatar, although some do operate independently.

[KratosGirI]

Ignorant twats like Assclown (who definitely lives up to his username) don't know jack shit about the Middle East. People like him think that all of us are like Afghanistan or Iraq. Fuck, they probably still think that we ride on camels and live in the desert when they don't know that we drive cars that are far superior than theirs. Best of all, car fuel is dirt cheap!

In Bahrain, you can get 30 litres of petrol for like 3 Bahraini Dinars (which is an estimate of $8).

Who's laughing now?!

Goddamn ignorant trolololol!

[AntoineDcoolette]

*roll eyes*

Are Assclown and Roland serious?

[Panzerkanzler]

@KratosGirl:

It's good that you can drive around in cars since petrol is cheap, but how about actually important stuff like civil rights, freedom of speech and other such things? On a list, compiled by the economist in 2008 comparing democratic rights in countries, UAE get ranked at 147:th place. Right next to Sudan and Zimbabwe. But you're right, screw that as long as you can get cheap petrol. Everyone knows the middle east (all of it, not just arab countries) is one of the most domocratically retarded regions in the world. But hey...cheap petrol!

[Scarfy]

It now even sucks to be a gamer in the middle east...

... along with being a woman, westerner, advocate of free speech, believer in democracy, and a bunch of other things I won't write here.

[coolcut135]

sucks that u have no idea about the middle east especially UAE

on a side note RED DEAD isnt banned in the UAE

[swat]

first of all UAE is not all country in middle east, games never ban in other country(like saudi arabia, Kuwait...etc) except GOW2 .. whats u want for a women? be a naked and go to bar and show u some dunce? is that right for a women?or even a man ! not at all women here is have right to eduction, go to mall etc... yah i know u will tell me she can't drive well did u know every women have a driver.. and maybe we don't have democracy except(Kuwait). and why u afraid to write the other things. man up u just say ur country have freedom of speech.

[ECM0NEY]

So every family has enough money to pay for a driver?

Kratosgirl, do u have a driver?

Like I said... Rich elite.

You probably have enough money to get educated. So can you see how much pain and destruction religion causes.

Im not an athiest but even after my free public schooling I can see most religions cause more problems then they solve.

[swat]

yes every family have money to pay for driver its cheap just 250$ for month.
Religion has nothing to do in this , islam prevents the beaten women and urges on education which is to worship! And islam does not prevent from
the Optical women and urges the peace,
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@#6.2.1Assclown20:
i don't know about other country Outside the Arabian Gulf do u?. i don't think he will beat her for get outside no one do that i think.

[Galaxia]

No Dragon Age or Mass Effect for them?! :( Sucks, and I thought Australian gamers had it bad.

[Jaybronee]

Just the other day I stoned my wife for touching my PS3 controller. She never should have left the kitchen. That'll teach her...true story!

[ECM0NEY]

Middle East Gamer is stealth disagreeing everyone lol

Little sensitive about the truth?

Edit: @ Kratosgirl

Nope hate fox news. I have friends girls and guys who have immigrated here from the middle east that have told me basically the same story.

I cant remember the last time a women was beaten for leaving the house without a man in the west.

If that and other crimes arent ringing any bells it is probably bc you are part of the rich elite.

[KratosGirI]

Little ignorant about us and watch a lot of FOX News?

[Organization XII]

assclown is nothing but an ignorant twat, leave him alone, who the hell told you that a woman gets beaten to death if she left her house in the ME?? too much cnn and ignorance?? learn some truth buddy, dumbfuck ignorants like you piss me off...

[swat]

not true, is one of two options:

1-You are the biggest liar i have ever seen
2-You are one of those dumb who believe every thing say in Fox News
and anyone hit his wife just call a cops and he will go to jail

[ECM0NEY]

The difference is the man would go to jail for his crime. But in many middle east countries the man would be looked down upon for not hitting his wife for leaving the house without him.

If this does not apply where your from, then why are u getting all mad?

[starvinbull]

Jaybronee non of the countries that allow stoning are part of the UAE.

That you link a story about banning a video game in the UAE to the issue of stoning shows your prejudice.

[Jaybronee]

IT'S A JOKE!!! Geesh!
Thank God I live in the best country in the world. My wife actually gets to show her ankles here in the US!

[starvinbull]

Indeed it was a joke.

Casual racism is indeed very different to actual racism.

That's a joke by the way.

[KratosGirI]

It may be banned on paper, but you still see it sold virtually everywhere!

[jhani]

The problem here is not thne violence this game promotes but the explicit sexual nudity the games shows. They are compelled by their religion to be against womanizing and not to treat women as sexual objects. They cant even see a kissing scene with their families. Its a tabu. But still, god bless America;)

[The_Quiet_Man]

The Zombies working for the UAE National Media Council must have felt stereotyped by the game, therefore banned it.

[codename13]

These are the law that really violates ppls right.
If you think UAE is violating ppls right, then you should also think that some european countries are also violating ppls right, like some european countries have banned "hijab" for muslim women. It simply violates a woman's right if a woman really wants to wear hijab.
So if we blame UAE then we should also blame those european countries for similar violation.

[ECM0NEY]

I had know idea... Thanks for the info. bubs+

[ps3rider]

I currently in Abu Dhabi, which is the capital of U.A.E. so many games have been banned her. But
"The banned it only from a famous or a big store retailers like Virgin,toys r us, carfor and Plugins."
There are diffrent shops who still sell banned games and i have seen them by my eyes. for example red dead redemtion. i have seen it on shelves

[WetN00dle69]

Nothing a simple import wont fix.

[jhani]

@DelbertGrady

Its right that they can show violence but not sexual nudity. Thats the whole point here. The masses in that part of the world are fully ready for this kind of exposure (violence depicted through fictional stories). But not this kind of womanizing culture that we see here in the west. I mean even Former president Bill Clinton said something like in his 2000 state of the union address that the next generation of Americans will be born out of wedlock. I hope u get my drift;)