Battlefield 3 effectively banned in Iran

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A new report picked up by the Associated Press suggests Battlefield 3, which partially takes place in Tehran, has been prohibited from stores, even though EA has no official resellers in the region and many stores didn't bother hunting for stock in the first place. However, local police have apparently already raided a few shops for selling pirated copies of the game.

"We understand that the story of a videogame is hypothetical," an online petition filed by an Iranian youth group read. "We believe the game is purposely released at a time when the US is pushing the international community into fearing Iran." If there's a silver lining in this, it's that a lot of Iranians won't be subjected to Battlefield 3's lackluster single-player campaign.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/29/battlefield-3-banned-in-iran/#comments

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lilrichard22Posted:

In Australia, it's banned automatically. If a game that involves killing was created in a country and the game took place in a different country, banned (except in the United States of course and some allied countries). So this doesn't surprise me at all.

StopCheatingPosted:

CAMPER-BOY1 and CAMPER-BOY2 are two cheaters on Red Dead Redemption for the Playstation 3. These degenerate bitches use modded PS3 consoles with aimbots, modified controllers and lag switches. They also hide behind multiple PSN accounts. If anyone knows any of these douchebags other usernames or their real names let us know so we can expose them.

DrPhil321Posted:

DICE isn't american...

BlackwolfrunninPosted:

PBJ
waaaaaat
Epic-BigC
Myblindfate
Ambicidal
Oasis
Paul- Ohwell there loss


Not even. The plastic it's printed on is more interesting than the game.

Says the guy who's never played it.

I bet your loving MW2.5 right now right?


I bet your loving you frostbug2 engine and I do have bf3 im level 38 and then got mw3 and yea haven't touched battlefield since
And on topic I can see why they would be mad but it is just a game
sooo, let me see, you either boosted or played a large amount of time in BF3 before playing MW2.5 (getting to level 38 takes almost 3 days of game time to get to)


if youre trash, it takes 3 days. i too think bf3 is a **** joke on the console. wish i had a pc to play it, i miss the good old bf2 days. mw3 is just BLAH, im still playin cod4 and watchin netflix haha.
no one noticed he used the wrong their in the OP

I noticed. I noticed SO hard.

PBJPosted:

waaaaaat
Epic-BigC
Myblindfate
Ambicidal
Oasis
Paul- Ohwell there loss


Not even. The plastic it's printed on is more interesting than the game.

Says the guy who's never played it.

I bet your loving MW2.5 right now right?


I bet your loving you frostbug2 engine and I do have bf3 im level 38 and then got mw3 and yea haven't touched battlefield since
And on topic I can see why they would be mad but it is just a game
sooo, let me see, you either boosted or played a large amount of time in BF3 before playing MW2.5 (getting to level 38 takes almost 3 days of game time to get to)


if youre trash, it takes 3 days. i too think bf3 is a **** joke on the console. wish i had a pc to play it, i miss the good old bf2 days. mw3 is just BLAH, im still playin cod4 and watchin netflix haha.
no one noticed he used the wrong their in the OP

SpaceMeatPosted:

What is there like 50 Xboxs in Iran anyway...

waaaaaatPosted:

Epic-BigC
Myblindfate
Ambicidal
Oasis
Paul- Ohwell there loss


Not even. The plastic it's printed on is more interesting than the game.

Says the guy who's never played it.

I bet your loving MW2.5 right now right?


I bet your loving you frostbug2 engine and I do have bf3 im level 38 and then got mw3 and yea haven't touched battlefield since
And on topic I can see why they would be mad but it is just a game
sooo, let me see, you either boosted or played a large amount of time in BF3 before playing MW2.5 (getting to level 38 takes almost 3 days of game time to get to)


if youre trash, it takes 3 days. i too think bf3 is a **** joke on the console. wish i had a pc to play it, i miss the good old bf2 days. mw3 is just BLAH, im still playin cod4 and watchin netflix haha.

NRG-900Posted:

LOL at all the cod and bf3 fanboys arguing. Really get a life?!?!

NicPosted:

They're a bit sad now aren't they.

VEVOPosted:

Epic-BigC
Myblindfate
Ambicidal
Oasis
Paul- Ohwell there loss


Not even. The plastic it's printed on is more interesting than the game.

Says the guy who's never played it.

I bet your loving MW2.5 right now right?


I bet your loving you frostbug2 engine and I do have bf3 im level 38 and then got mw3 and yea haven't touched battlefield since
And on topic I can see why they would be mad but it is just a game
sooo, let me see, you either boosted or played a large amount of time in BF3 before playing MW2.5 (getting to level 38 takes almost 3 days of game time to get to)
Both of you get the sand out of your vaginas and shut up.


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