Recently, the developers of Gears of War Reloaded released a new trailer for the game. Soon after, Microsoft announced a slight change in the shooter’s distribution geography.
As it turned out, Gears of War Reloaded will not be available in Japan — on PlayStation 5, while no issues arose on other platforms.
In the announcement, Microsoft stated the following:
“Due to regional rating restrictions and platform policy, Gears of War: Reloaded will not be available for PlayStation 5 in Japan.
Gamers in Japan will be able to play on launch day on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox PC, Game Pass, and Steam. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to those who were anticipating the release of this game in Japan.”
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