Listings on the PlayStation Network, or a lack thereof, in United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia suggest The Last of Us Part II has been banned in the Middle East. At the time of writing, the long-awaited sequel is not available for preorder on the PS Store in the aforementioned regions. This is despite PlayStation Arabia recently sharing a post about this week?s TLoU Part II-focused State of Play.
As spotted by VG247, Reddit user Ghostechful relayed word of TLoU Part II?s missing preorder listing. When the Redditor reached out to their region?s PlayStation support provider, they received the following message:

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