Heavy Rain, a highly acclaimed PlayStation 3-exclusive title, has been banned by the authorities in the United Arab Emirates, according to Kotaku. The responsible authorities have not released a statement why Heavy Rain is banned, although it's assumed that the game contained too much adult content. Heavy Rain is an unique title, from both a technical as a game-play wise point of view. The game puts normal characters in extra-ordinary situations, and demands the player to make moral decisions, trying to define what is 'evil' and what is 'good'. Heavy Rain is already the second game to be banned this year in the United Arab Emirates, the previous one being the multi-platform title Darksiders.

"The UAE's National Media Council (NMC) has banned Heavy Rain on PlayStation3. Heavy Rain has an 18+ PEGI rating and has been conceived from the earliest stages as a genuinely adult experience. This means that it deals with strong content including blood and nudity, but treats this content in a mature and sensitive manner. The game is not intentionally controversial or sensationalist, and all the themes and content are consistent with what consumers would expect to see in a mainstream Hollywood thriller."