{"id":1012915,"date":"2026-01-11T19:05:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T19:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=470233"},"modified":"2026-01-11T19:05:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T19:05:39","slug":"call-of-duty-black-ops-6-banned-in-kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-banned-in-kuwait\/","title":{"rendered":"Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 banned in Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-banned-in-kuwait.png\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Call of Duty: Black Ops 6<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kuwait-call-of-duty-ban-iraq-saddam-hussein-b31f99c047cb41343239e95db393e9a0\">is currently blocked from sale in Kuwait<\/a>, likely due to government concerns over its portrayal of Saddam Hussein and Gulf War in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Government officials have not commented publicly on the ban, but Activision confirmed to Polygon that <em>Black Ops 6<\/em> \u201chas not been approved for release in Kuwait.\u201d Pre-orders made in Kuwait will be canceled and refunded, it said. \u201cWe remain hopeful that local authorities will reconsider, and allow players in Kuwait to enjoy this all-new experience in the Black Ops series,\u201d a representative added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Kuwait\u2019s Chamber of Commerce and Industry did not respond to Polygon\u2019s request for comment before publication. Activision did not provide a reason for the blocked sales in Kuwait.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Black Ops 6<\/em> was released Friday, the next big iteration in the popular Activision franchise. Though it has six in the title, <em>Black Ops 6<\/em> is actually the seventh in the Black Ops franchise following 2020\u2019s <em>Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War<\/em>. <em>Black Ops 6<\/em> is set in the early 1990s and focuses on covert missions in historical war settings. The new game takes place during the Gulf War, when late Iraqi dictator Hussein invaded Kuwait in what became a <a href=\"https:\/\/themedialine.org\/news\/33-years-since-iraqs-invasion-of-kuwait-a-turning-point-in-the-gulf\/\">42 day occupation<\/a>. <em>Black Ops 6<\/em> trailers intersperse archival footage of U.S. presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton with in-game footage, one scene that seemingly depicts oil wells on fire; it\u2019s likely a reference to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuwaiti_oil_fires\">Iraqi military setting fire to 700 oil wells<\/a>, an event that caused ecological and economic disasters for Kuwait.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cThe move to block this game may seem theatrical, because people will find ways to buy this game if they really want it, whether via VPN or pay a premium price in the black market,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newarab.com\/news\/kuwait-bans-call-duty-black-ops-6-over-saddam-hussein-theme\">a local Kuwait gaming analyst told The New Arab<\/a>. \u201cWhat&#8217;s more interesting here is the motivation of the authorities to block a game set in what was a traumatic period for Kuwait \u2014 the Gulf War. Kuwait, to this day, has difficulty engaging with that specific moment in history, for good or ill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Call of Duty has been banned or censored in other countries for its depictions of war, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2013\/1\/26\/pakistan-bans-controversial-video-games\">including a ban of <em>Call of Duty: Black Ops 2<\/em> in Pakistan<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/activision-chose-to-censor-russian-mw2\"> self-censorship of <em>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare<\/em> <em>2<\/em> in Russia<\/a>. China reportedly banned a <em>Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War<\/em> trailer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/china-bans-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-trailer-because-of-1989-tiananmen-square-footage\/\">due to its inclusion of footage from the Tiananmen Square massacre<\/a>. Historically, the Call of Duty games \u2014 and video games in general \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/war-games-muslim-arab-call-of-duty-palestine-1851055848\">have been criticized for their portrayal of Arab people<\/a>: as enemies to be shot at.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/470233\/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-kuwait-ban\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is currently blocked from sale in Kuwait, likely due to government concerns over its portrayal of Saddam Hussein and Gulf War in the 1990s. Government officials have not commented publicly on the ban, but Activision confirmed to Polygon that Black Ops 6 \u201chas not been approved for release in Kuwait.\u201d Pre-orders made in Kuwait will be canceled and refunded, it said. \u201cWe remain hopeful that local authorities will reconsider, and allow players in Kuwait to enjoy this all-new experience in the Black Ops series,\u201d a representative added. Kuwait\u2019s Chamber of Commerce and Industry did not respond to Polygon\u2019s request for comment before publication. Activision did not provide a reason for the blocked sales in Kuwait. Black Ops 6 was&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-banned-in-kuwait\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1012916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1012915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 banned in Kuwait | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is currently blocked from sale in Kuwait, likely due to government concerns over its portrayal of Saddam Hussein and Gulf War in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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