Summary
Dragon Age: The Veilguardis currently not available to pre-order in certain countries, and fans are worried that they may not be able to purchase The Veilguard legitimately.
There are concerns among Dragon Age fans,such as those expressed in a Reddit thread by user Muted-Picture-7013, that The Veilguard is not currently available to pre-order in certain regions. Anecdotally, fans have reported the game not being available in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and India. According toSteamDB data, the game is also not listed in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Russia.
There were fears that the situation was the same in Turkey, but the game has since been listed in that country.
EA & BioWare Have Yet To Comment
This isn’t a first for BioWare, asDragon Age: Inquisitionhad a similar controversy where the game was not released because of LGBT+ sex scenes and/or excessive nudity in several countries, one of which was India.
This hasn’t been consistently applied, asMass Effect 3and evenBaldur’s Gate 3which both feature same-sex scenes are available in several of these countries. This has raised the question of why Electronic Arts and BioWare have not released an official statement on The Veilguard’s availability in these regions, despite over a month of fan queries about the topic.
Regarding Dragon Age: Inquisition, Electronic Arts claimed the game breaches local content laws in India. That’s the official stance, and likely the one the publisher is going to parrot for The Veilguard’s non-availability in some of the aforementioned regions.
Some locals disagree with EA’s official stance, as other titles with more sexual/LGBT+ content than Dragon Age have been freely released. While EA claims local content laws prevent releasing some of its games in certain regions, locals dispute this by saying their governments only very rarely if ever ‘ban’ a video game.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the long-awaited fourth game in the fantasy RPG series from BioWare formerly known as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. A direct sequel to Inquisition, it focuses on red lyrium and Solas, the aforementioned Dread Wolf.
