It's worth noting that Junta was the first DLC for Tropico 4 and was released in November 2011. New Era distributed Tropico 3 and 4 without issue in Thailand. Thailand has been under a military dictatorship since May 2014, and since then the junta has blocked a raft of foreign entertainment properties. Publisher Kalypso confirmed the ban when contacted by Eurogamer, and said it was investigating the matter. You decide your country's independence, creating any rules you want. In Tropico 5 you manage your country from its historical foundation in the colonial era, through World War 2, up to the cold war and present. Tropico 5's Thailand distributor New Era said Thailand's film and video censorship office blocked the game from sale because they feared "some part of its content might affect peace and order in the country". ORIGINAL STORY 3.37pm: Thailand's military junta has banned strategy game Tropico 5. This does sound like it could have come from one of El Presidente's own edicts from the game." Kalypso's other global managing director Stefan Marcinek added, "Our distributor has been working hard to gain approval for the release, but it seems that the Board of Film and Video Censors deem some of the content too controversial for their consumers. "Tropico 3 and 4 both enjoyed successful releases in the country and although the Tropico brand does have a realistic political element to it, the scenarios and content are all delivered with a certain trademark tongue in cheek humour." "We are disappointed to hear that Tropico 5 will not be released in Thailand," said Kalypso's global managing director Simon Hellwig in a statement on the matter. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.UPDATE 6.18pm: Tropico 5 publisher Kalypso Media has confirmed that the game's Thailand distributor, New Era, has decided not to appeal the local government's decision to ban it from the country. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
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