So I'm a Lebanese citizen whos currently on vacation to Turkey, when I open the steam frontpage for Veilguard it says "Unavailable for this region".. 🙂 This is worrying me a bit too much because I am super hyped over the game to the point I planned all my character's aspect and drew her, etc. And I am literally dying to get my hands on this game. Lebanon is probably the least strict country in MENA, I'd never imagine Veilguard being unavailable. So my question is: Is this temporary? And will I hopefully be able to access the frontpage in a few days??

Hi EA/ BioWareI hope you're doing well!I’m reaching out as a huge fan of Dragon Age, and I was so excited to see Dragon Age: The Veilguard available on Steam here in the UAE. But then, to my surprise, it was suddenly removed, and I can’t help but feel a little heartbroken.The Dragon Age world is one that I've always connected with, and this new game was something I had been really looking forward to. I know I'm not alone there's a passionate gaming community here that was just as thrilled to dive into this adventure.It would mean so much to me, and to many others here, if The Veilguard could be made available in the UAE. If there’s any way to make this happen, or even just an update on the situation, I’d really appreciate it.Thank you so much for your time and understanding I know these things can be complicated, but I just had to express how much this game means to us. Hope to hear back from you soon!

Unfortunately support is completely ignoring us. The Turkey thread has 200 comments and no reply from bioware. Most likely they will merge your thread there as well and give no reply at all.

Dear devs,As it's mentioned in the title... Will the game be ever available on all platforms for Kuwait?Every Dragon Age game is available but not the Veilguard… So I sincerely hope that it will be available... Been playing Dragon Age for years and it would be a shame not to play the Veilguard after so many years of waiting... ☹️Cheers

@0dyzzeus according to Steamdb whole MENA is blocked. We're also probably one of the least strict countries in the region considering I've never seen any game blocked by govt in my 30+ years of life.

We have no idea 🙂 I'm from Turkey and when I asked about the issue in the official Bioware Discord server, the only answer I managed to get was "We can't answer." Other than that, it has been radio silence. This comes as a shock to us too since 1) Other Dragon Age titles are still available in Turkey 2) We have never encountered a pre-emptive ban like this before.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard unavailable in my region

68 Replies

Elicaryn
2 years ago
We have no idea 🙂 I'm from Turkey and when I asked about the issue in the official Bioware Discord server, the only answer I managed to get was "We can't answer." Other than that, it has been radio silence. This comes as a shock to us too since 1) Other Dragon Age titles are still available in Turkey 2) We have never encountered a pre-emptive ban like this before.
EksiliPilav
2 years ago
@0dyzzeus according to Steamdb whole MENA is blocked. We're also probably one of the least strict countries in the region considering I've never seen any game blocked by govt in my 30+ years of life.
0dyzzeus
2 years ago
I hope this is just temporary for pricing.
kampori
2 years ago
@0dyzzeus Yep, whole MENA, all other BioWare games, and some ridiculously strong explicit games and LGBT tagged games are available on UAE steam store. Yet not Veilguard. Check out the thread here about Turkey - it’s the most active post about this issue. Keep making noise. They surely can’t ignore us forever.. can they? 🥲
0dyzzeus
2 years ago
I hope not..
CreativeCrow
2 years ago
would love an update about this, because what the hell? it was available for me to wishlist but now it's not available to pre order? an answer or explanation to what this is about would be great...
AXYA89
2 years ago
Hi EA/ BioWare
I hope you're doing well!
I’m reaching out as a huge fan of Dragon Age, and I was so excited to see Dragon Age: The Veilguard available on Steam here in the UAE. But then, to my surprise, it was suddenly removed, and I can’t help but feel a little heartbroken.
The Dragon Age world is one that I've always connected with, and this new game was something I had been really looking forward to. I know I'm not alone there's a passionate gaming community here that was just as thrilled to dive into this adventure.
It would mean so much to me, and to many others here, if The Veilguard could be made available in the UAE. If there’s any way to make this happen, or even just an update on the situation, I’d really appreciate it.
Thank you so much for your time and understanding I know these things can be complicated, but I just had to express how much this game means to us. Hope to hear back from you soon!
norcani
2 years ago
Unfortunately support is completely ignoring us. The Turkey thread has 200 comments and no reply from bioware. Most likely they will merge your thread there as well and give no reply at all.
Furblis
Rising Adventurer
2 years ago
Dear devs,
As it's mentioned in the title... Will the game be ever available on all platforms for Kuwait?
Every Dragon Age game is available but not the Veilguard… So I sincerely hope that it will be available... Been playing Dragon Age for years and it would be a shame not to play the Veilguard after so many years of waiting... ☹️
Cheers
norcani
2 years ago
@Furblis you are unlikely to receive any reply. The Turkish thread is going on for 500 posts and we received 0 official word. We also have the same situation of all the other games being available. Some other people from mena region also commented there. In any case it doesn't seem like ea cares enoguh to comment.