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Grand Theft Auto 4 banned in UAE
Posted May 3, 2008 at 4:40PM EST by QJ Staff

 Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Red Entertainment, Rockstar North
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Grand Theft Auto 4 Niko Bellic - Image 1Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV (Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3) has taken an unsurprising turn in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where the violent video game was banned by authorities. The most apparent reason would be the Grand Theft Auto series' history of rejection due to offensive content.

Red Entertainment Distribution, responsible for distributing Grand Theft Auto 4 in the territory, reportedly sent the Ministry of Information a copy for review. "They have to take a lot of things under consideration," said  Red Entertainment marketing manager Nitin Mathew.

However, nobody expects the UAE government to give its approval. Gamers in that region then have to look for alternative ways to acquire Rockstar North's latest opus, such as the duty-free shop at the Dubai Airport where 40 copies of Grand Theft Auto 4 sold out at launch day. Despite the ban, the shop expects shipment of the game in two or three months.

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# Ahww! — CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS 2008-05-03 17:59
The Ametican dream!

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# So... — SpiderX1016 2008-05-04 07:40
It Begins

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# :) — Tapp 2008-05-04 07:59
Ah the arabs! always open minded always reasonable i wonder why we dont get along?

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# "i wonder why we don't get along" — dsi 2008-05-04 13:28
Do you really think it's that simple??



The lying about the Iraq war and killing of hundreds of thousands of civilians? The military and financial support of the killing of thousands of oppressed Palestinians? The placement of American troops in Saudi Arabia?



I'm not condoning their ban on video games, but to make an ignorant statement like that while not realizing the trouble that's going on there is part of the answer to your question.

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# The lying about the Iraq war...etc. — shark0807 2008-05-04 15:04
First off, civilian casualties are always kept to a minimum, always. Second, you seem to forget that these 'oppressed people' have been fighting and killing anyone who doesn't have the same exact belief system. The Muslim religion is known for its 'Conversion by the Sword', meaning that, if you do not accept Muhammed and Allah, you are evil and should die.

/close political discussion

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# Ignorance — Guest 2010-04-22 12:05
AAAH Grow up!
GTA 4 is not banned in UAE, I have it.
AND thats crap about "if you do not accept Muhammed and Allah, you are evil and should die." LOL Thats not true..

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# Nice... — Shatterdome 2008-05-04 20:50
I love your holier then thou mentality....



Ignorance....



Did you consider that we (the west) have not seen eye to eye with palestinians since medievil times ? It's nothing new, and to only use new examples of "the oppression" of those people is very ignorant....you are just regurgitating the crap CNN has been feeding you....



We don't get along....yes...it is that simple.....soldiers at the borders, innocents dying....that's all just a consequence of it all...



oh and don't make me rant on about subjectivity.....oh sweet subjectivity....

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# to dsi — Tapp 2008-05-05 08:21
You appear to have read slightly more into my comment than i meant and in doing so put a whole load of words into my mouth, so im gonna put some in yours "im a tree hugging hippie who reads to much michael moore" go on write back ya know you want to.

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# too much religion — jwydell 2008-05-05 09:42
they just want to keep those young minds focused on the only thing that matters. religion. 24/7. they do not like change and don't want to be influenced by the west and our stupid freedom and dumb democracy.

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# Yes — Guest 2010-04-22 12:10
Well, Not 24/7, but partially true. but careful take religion too too tooooo seriously and end up like bin laden and those mentals thinking that blowing your self up is jihad..

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# emotional — fartface 2011-04-18 18:43
:o :sad: :sad: :oops: :-* :-| ;-) :-) :lol: :D :sigh: :roll: :P :zzz :eek: :-x :-? :o :sad: :sad: :oops: :-| 8) ;-) ;-) :-) :lol: :D

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