video games are a great place for artistic expression and pushing those boundaries but
sometimes a game pushes too far pushes too hard now games are virtually never flat out banned
in the United States but the same cannot be said about other countries and there have been a number
of extremely popular games that actually had their plug pulled overseas what is up everybody chaos
here welcome to chaos extras today we're going to take a look at 10 games you probably played
that are actually banned in some countries that's right you're playing a band video game so you let
me know which of these you put the most time into if any at all drop a like make sure you subscribe
to the channel and we're going to start off with one that I didn't expect at number 10 are you
ready Mario Kart tour yeah release for mobile devices in 2019 it was the most recent entry
in the Acclaim racing franchise and it's the one that many of you have probably played quite a bit
thanks to its free to play model and extremely fun gameplay loot but did you know this game is
actually banned in Belgium now don't worry there's no like secret nudity cheat or anything like that
as insane as it would be but it seems after all the controversies surrounding loot boxes Nintendo
didn't take threats from certain world governments too seriously to change their business models
Mario Kart tour does or at least did use a form of a loot box as part of its business model and
shortly after the game's launch the government of Belgium swooped in and took it off the market many
games were hit with this band as well but none were quite as comical as Mario Kart tour and due
to the game's immense popularity I thought it was a good way to kick off today's list at number nine
Daisy it's a strange case it's widely seen as the game that helped establish a zombie survival genre
as we know it today but it's also a game that almost everybody thinks is not very good Daisy is
the only game I've ever seen hit the steam charts top 20 without even having a favorable user rating
in that is impressive it also has a rather interesting relationship with the Australian
government from all my research it seems that Daisy originally launched in Australia on PC
without any real issues but once the PS4 version came out in 2019 things got weird Australia's
raiding boards retroactively refused to classify DayZ doing its drug content effectively Banning
it from sale in the country the developers later released an edited version of the game that got
re-released in Australia without issue but this is one of the only instances I can find where a game
was actually banned as a result of a console Port if the PS4 version of DayZ had never came out the
PC version likely would have continued chugging along this fight in Australia but since the
console Port caused the government to put a fresh set of eyes on it every version had to suffer
that's kind of weird now number eight Battlefield 4. now many consider BF4 to be the best in the
series in fact the hype surrounding Battlefield 2042 mostly came from the fact that it was seen by
many as a simple continuation of Battlefield 4's mechanics and Concepts but if you lived in China
you probably never got the chance to experience this Gem of an FPS as you probably know China's
government really doesn't like being portrayed in a negative light since the fictional conflict of
BF4 involves China the government cracked down on the game almost immediately they describe BF4 as
a cultural Invasion and banned it from sale in the mainland less than two months after launch
so that means if you were a battlefield fan in China you only got to play BF4 for the first few
weeks when it was completely broken you didn't get to experience it once they actually fixed it
at number seven Cod mobile many Cod players are still waiting patiently for Activision to release
a console or PC version of cod mobile probably not going to happen guys I'm sorry but just be
happy you live in a country where you can play the game cod mobile launched in 2019 quickly took the
World by storm Greatest Hits design philosophy honestly really good gameplay which is rare for
a mobile game at that time and still is since its launch Cod mobile has been banned in Iran
for reasons that were never made public on one day Activision simply shut off the servers in
the country which is strange it's believed that due to tensions between the Iranian government
the American Governor perhaps due to economic sanctions Activision just cut their losses and
shut the game off in the region but there are also theories that the servers were shut down by direct
requests to one of the governments involved it's a weird case it's made even weirder by the lack of
public information surrounding it and number six Saints Row four now Saints Row has always been a
pretty let's just be real raunchy series which is to be expected from a game that's trying to follow
in GTA's footsteps interestingly the fourth game in particular has gotten more attention than the
rest when it comes to bugging World governments which I think is kind of interesting because in my
opinion the fourth game is the least offensive of them all handful of countries that ban the entire
Saints Row series due to its violence and content but in Australia Saints Row 4 got this strange
kind of Grudge Match with the government sensors upon its initial release in 2013 it was banned for
a lot of bad things but even after the developers appealed it the sensors refused to give up on the
drug related content so in order to get a release in Australia a special version of the game had to
be made that removed certain drug references and completely deleted one of the missions so you guys
tell me do you think Saints Rows 4 is actually the most offensive in the series because it's not
at number five today Counter-Strike I think it's safe to say valve struck gold when they bought
the rights to the original Counter-Strike mod despite the game's violent nature and high level
of blood it's one of the most popular games in the world and has a huge competitive scene
in almost every single country where Esports exists now I think that's interesting I mean
Counter-Strike is far more violent than some other games that have been banned for violence
or sensitive content but I guess that's what happens when the sensors are subjective however
one country where Counter-Strike was not received well was Brazil in the late 2000s Counter-Strike
was banned by the Brazilian government because of violence specifically due to a map based on
the Brazilian Favela it seems the government wasn't too happy about a Brazilian neighborhood
being used as a virtual shooting ground but the band was eventually repealed and the game
is back up for sale in the region I mean good thing too the Brazil's Esports scene is huge
at number four night I know some of you probably Rejoice at the idea of fortnite being banned but
it's probably not the reasons you think I actually have no idea why fortnite would be banned in the
first place since it's not exactly a violent or offensive game unless you really hate fortnite
dances April 2019 fortnite was hit with the band hammer in Iraq because of negative effects caused
by some electronic games on the health and culture and security of Iraq Society I'm serious just in
case you needed more ammo against fortnite now you know it's actually banned by a world government
because they thought it was hurting Society at number three pubg and pubg mobile now pubg wasn't
the first battle royale game to hit the market but it was the first to go mainstream in fact pubg is
currently one of the best selling video games of all time which is impressive considering that it
switched to a free-to-play Model A couple years back back when it charged an admission fee sold
over 75 million copies worldwide naturally that kind of success led to other games like fortnite
Call of Duty trying to come in right but not everyone is the biggest fan of pubg in certain
world governments have given player own known the boot for a variety of reasons it was banned
in Afghanistan for simply being a bad influence on younger people was banned in India for extreme
violence it was briefly banned in Nepal for delinquency issues among players the list goes on
pubg's insane addictive Nature Made it extremely popular in a lot of the countries simply weren't
happy about this realistic and violent game taking up so much of the population's time now thankfully
a number of these bands have been lifted but even throughout all this the game was thriving and
despite not being as big as it once was it's still one of the biggest multiplayer Shooters in the
world at number two Animal Crossings New Horizons I am dead serious one of the biggest games of 2020
and you would say that only happened because of global shutdowns I would argue this game
would have blown up regardless of its release date it's a good game it hits all the right addiction
buttons for most Gamers but it's also banned for sale in China due to things that were happening
around its release date due to the social nature of the game some people started using
as a way to spread anti-government messages among Chinese players in the digital protest became so
widespread that the Chinese government straight up banned it it said that the game is still available
in the Chinese gray Market that's a thing but as for official copies you're gonna have a
lot of trouble finding one in mainland China you might get in trouble if you get caught buying it
and I number one today Roblox yep has to be one of the most inoffensive games of all time
it's basically Minecraft with extra steps but if I told you that Roblox has been banned not
one not two but six times by World governments countries like Belgium band the game due to its
use of loot boxes which seems harmless enough but some other countries have stranger reasons
for example the UAE banned ROBLOX after it deemed harmful for children although that ban was lifted
the government of Jordan banned the game due to uh I guess nudity and some created content user
created content the government of Guatemala banned it because it could violate the safety
of Children and adolescents so next time you boot up Roblox for some wholesome family fun
remember that some World governments will be very unhappy with you doing so there you have
it those are games you've probably played that are actually banned I'll see you soon