Call of Duty Mobile (COD) Mobile ban in Iran, Activision preventing millions of gamers from accessing the ultra-popular mobile title. While politics is once again hampering games for players around the world, this time it's Iranian players who are reporting all sorts of issues with Call of Duty:Modern Warfare in their country.
On the face of it, Activision has decided to block the game in Iran, following recent escalations in tension between the United States and Iran. Some Iranian players on Reddit claim that they were blocked from using Call of Duty:Modern Warfare servers and that no refunds were offered for blocked services.
Over the years, many countries have banned and blocked many games on the grounds that they depicted violence and displayed offensive content. Unsubstantiated claims have often resulted in certain titles being banned in multiple countries. A few months ago, the Indian government blocked access to the famous Battle Royale title PUBG Mobile, seeing the title's privacy policy as a threat to the country's sovereignty and integrity.
These titles have been arbitrarily banned in countries that share a strained relationship with the game publisher's home country. total bans without any form of refund.
The COD Mobile Iran gaming community was shocked on April 12 as Activision blocked the ban of COD Mobile in the Iranian region. Although they had access to the game until now, players now receive a new message upon opening the app. "Unfortunately, we are not yet ready to release the game in your region," read an in-game announcement. This notice prevented players from entering the game and playing as they normally would.
This monumental region lock has affected about 32 million gamers, according to the latest report from the Iranian Computer and Video Games Foundation. A Twitter user 'Nariman Gharib' posted a screenshot that confirmed the same:
With tensions rising between the US and Iranian governments, additional sanctions have imposed new challenges on the local gaming market. Developer tools and new game releases are extremely hard to find. As a direct result, there has been an increase in account sharing across the region. This would have played a key role in the banning of COD Mobile.
"Due to repeated efforts by Iranian users to kick and hack user consoles and accounts, all user services will be cut for ten years," said a spokesperson for the International Consular and Non-Consular Gaming Alliance. . With COD Mobile now banned in Iran, it joins a growing list of major titles blocked in that region, listing its name with Clash of Clans and League of Legends.
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