Quantic Dream’s PS3 thriller, Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer, has been banned from going on sale in the United Arab Emirates.
Middle Eastern gaming site ME Gamers says, “We suspect that the ban has been enforced due to a sultry seduction scene in the game.”
Kotaku received the following statement from Sony: “The UAE's National Media Council (NMC) has banned Heavy Rain on PlayStation3. Heavy Rain has an 18+ PEGI rating and has been conceived from the earliest stages as a genuinely adult experience.
“This means that it deals with strong content including blood and nudity, but treats this content in a mature and sensitive manner. The game is not intentionally controversial or sensationalist, and all the themes and content are consistent with what consumers would expect to see in a mainstream Hollywood thriller.”
Heavy Rain follows THQ’s Darksiders in being recently banned in the UAE. EA also opted out of releasing Dante’s Inferno over fears it would just be banned due to its adult themes.
You can read our Heavy Rain review here.