The video game is set to release worldwide on Friday. However, it comes as Kuwait still wrestles with memories of the Gulf War.

The tiny Mideast nation of Kuwait has banned the release of the video game “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6,” which features the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and is set in part in the 1990s Gulf War

The Call of Duty franchise is no stranger to controversy and in a 2009 entry into the series, players could take part in a militant attack on a Russian airport - killing civilians.

Black Ops 6. The game which features the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and is set in part in the 1990s Gulf War has not been approved for release in the tiny Mideast nation. Kuwait has not publicly acknowledged banning the game which is set to be released on Friday worldwide.