Editing MENA Versions (section)

=== List of Official Middle-Eastern Versions with notable content changes ===
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!Game
!Platform
!Year
!Availability
!Details
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|Rise of the Tomb Raider
|PS4, PC
|2015
|PS4/PC: as a special KSA/UAE version.
Unavailable elsewhere
|Both Arabic and English versions word-swapped all references to a "prophet".
Initially banned by KSA, and cancelled by Square Enix. Sony funded and published the ME version. As a result, it's not available on Xbox devices.
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|Shadow of the Tomb Raider
|PS4, PC
|2018
|PS4/PC: as a special KSA/UAE version.
|Other languages removed just like RoTR. Content changes unknown.
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|Spiderman (2018)
|PS4, PC
|2018
|PS4-only: KSA, UAE
|Dialog changes removing LGBT themes (pronouns, homosexuality, etc)
However the rainbow flags were NOT changed. Some said there's unused data for them, to be investigated.
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|Spiderman: Miles Morales
|PS4, PC
|2019
|PS4-only: KSA, UAE
|Similar to Spiderman (2018).
|-
|Days Gone
|PS4, PC
|2019
|PS4: KSA/UAE (physical, digital)
PC: everywhere (as a language option)
|Selecting the "English (ME)" option gives an alternate English script removing references to religion, a lesbian couple, alcoholism, and tones down blasphemous profanities.
|-
|Sackboy
|PS5, PC
|2020
|PS4: KSA/UAE
|Technically unchanged, and the translation is internally uncensored, but the free DLC for the rainbow costume was never sold in ME markets.
However, the PC version touts itself as an all-in-one complete edition and sneaks that in the Arabic option.
|-
|God of War: Ragnarork
|PS4, PS5
|2022
|PS4/PS5: KSA-only
|The LGBT-tribute sidequest was changed in some way (text? removal?) in the KSA version but not the UAE version which had an unchanged Arabic translation.
|-
|Horizon: Forbidden West
|PS4, PS5
|2022
|PS4/PS5: KSA/UAE
|Text changes related to LGBT themes, although the body language remained unaffected.
|-
|Spiderman 2
|PS5
|2023
|PS5: KSA/UAE/Middle East
|Similar to Spiderman (2018) but going a lot further: rainbow flags were removed, and sidequests involving LGBT themes removed.
Non-Middle East versions offer an uncut Arabic script.
|-
|Soul Hackers 2
|PS5
|2022
|PS5-only
|Surprisingly next-to-none religion related (to be confirmed), a mandatory package for KSA versions changes some demon designs, only confirmed one is the phallic-shaped Mara.
|-
|Red Dead Redemption
|PS5, Switch, Xbox Series
|2023
|Console-only: KSA
|Contents to be confirmed.
Game didn't get an Arabic localization, just the ME modifications.
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|Red Dead Redemption 2
|PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox Series
|2022
|Console-only: KSA
|Contents to be confirmed.
Game didn't get an Arabic localization, just the ME modifications.
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|Starfield
|PC, Xbox Series
|2023
|Console-only: KSA
|Contents to be confirmed. Mainly LGBT themes and pronouns.
Game didn't get an Arabic localization, just the ME modifications.
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|Redfall
|PC, Xbox Series
|2023
|Console-only: KSA
|Contents to be confirmed. "Type A/B" screen was changed to "Sex: Male/Female".
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|The Witcher 3
|PS, PS4, PS5, Xbox
|2014
|Multiplatform: KSA/UAE/ME
|Some nudity (bath scenes), language related to religion/alcohol/sexual themes, other content to be confirmed.
Famously banned again then unbanned when it came to light most of the censorship was frontloaded to the first hours of gameplay while the rest of the (not-text related) objectionable content was left alone.
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|Cyberpunk 2077
|PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox
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|Multiplatform: KSA/UAE/ME
Other Countries: Toggle (Partial)
|The game got a nudity toggle in global versions, that also have an uncut Arabic script.
The Middle East versions force it always on, remove customization options related to genitalia and sex, as well cutting any interactions involving LGBT themes.
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|Assassin's Creed: Black Flag
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|Contents to be confirmed.
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|Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
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|Contents to be confirmed.
Includes removal of Jack the Ripper story in its entirety due to sexual themes.
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|Assassin's Creed: Unity
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|Contents to be confirmed.
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|Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
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|Contents to be confirmed. 
Includes decals covering up 3D statue genitalia (although the collision is unchanged), and removals of dialog branches involving LGBT themes.
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|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
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|Contents to be confirmed.
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|Far Cry 4
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|Contents to be confirmed.
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|Far Cry 5
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|Contents to be confirmed.
Separate uncut Arabic translation included in other versions.
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|Far Cry 6
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|Contents to be confirmed.
Separate uncut Arabic translation included in other versions.
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|Hogwarts Legacy
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|Contents to be confirmed.
Some terms were swapped in dialogs to avoid LGBT themes. A similar fix happened for the Russian localization.
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==== Games that were NOT altered for the Middle-East ====

* '''Watch Dogs 2:''' Full Arabic localization. Unchanged, including LGBT content and frontal nudity. Ended up banned in most of the ME except for a few countries.
* '''The Last of Us Remastered:''' Not localized. Somehow allowed in KSA but not UAE (although these are often Sony PlayStore decisions often overturned by law enforcement), includes an unmodified Left Behind scenario, despite that DLC being banned in its original version back when the original Last of Us got a KSA/UAE release. (The Last of Us 2 was banned in ALL of the ME).
* '''Horizon: Burning Shores:''' DLC for Horizon Forbidden West. Full Arabic localization. Unchanged, including LGBT content. Was allowed in some ME countries without rating boards by Sony's PlayStore and ways to circumvent the KSA/UAE ban were heavily promoted by Sony and affiliated influencers.
* '''Final Fantasy XVI:''' Full Arabic localization. Unchanged, including LGBT content, nudity, religious content. Same marketing strategy as Horizon Burning Shores, however general public reaction was fairly negative and most game journalists refused covering it, alongside Spiderman 2 which Sony was initially planning on the exact same strategy and even posting tentative "+21 UAE" ratings suggesting it would keep its LGBT themes, with the same results (initially banned in all of the ME).
* '''Demon's Souls Remastered:''' Full Arabic localization. Despite the unchanged "Type A/B" it wasn't banned.
* '''Assassin's Creed Mirage:''' Full Arabic localization, with 1:1 content parity, including some mild religious content. The game got a separate voice actor for its Arabic and English language options, and while the English actor is part of the LGBT community that individual wasn't used in the game's local promotion. Some historical events were referred to with vague terms to avoid offending some religious sensibilities.
* '''Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World:''' The Arabic localization was announced then quietly cancelled, and the game itself never released in the ME even untranslated.