Dragon Age: Inquisition will not be released in India for having a Gay character in a key role

Unfortunately, the game won’t come to India

It’s a pity on the Indian gamers who were eagerly waiting for the release of Dragon Age Inquisition this November. According to EA the release of Dragon Age Inquisition has been called off in India. Pre-orders for the game from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh has been cancelled. It was canceled due to certain in-game "content".

Apparently, the main male character in the game has a homosexual orientation, and also it seems that players can choose to have a romantic and sexual relationship with him only if they play as another male character. So in order to avoid a breach of local content laws, Electronic Arts has withdrawn Dragon Age: Inquisition from sale in India.

A statement said: "In order to avoid a breach of local content laws, EA has withdrawn Dragon Age: Inquisition from sale in India and the game is no longer available for pre-order.

"All affected purchases for Dragon Age: Inquisition will be refunded. This applies regardless of payment method or date of purchase.

"Customers who pre-ordered the game will be contacted directly and will be fully refunded."

The game distributor's site says: "Rather than face the wrath of some of India’s more prudish segments of society, EA have pre-emptively decided to make the game unavailable in India, without confirming or commenting on which local laws were being breached."

EA’s regional marketing director Simon Smith-Wright said: “The current action we’ve taken only affects Dragon Age Inquisition.”

Physical copies of the game have been listed on sites like Flipkart and Amazon, but the local release will also be withheld. Even though Inquisition may still temporarily appear in your Origin library, It will be removed soon.