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Thailand Map Temporarily Pulled From 'Street Fighter V' For Religious Reasons

Published Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:45:34 -0500

Last updated Thu, 27 Apr 2017 17:27:19 -0500

Capcom pulled the latest DLC map for Street Fighter V, the Thailand Temple Hideout Stage, due to the fact that the backing music track that you hear as you fight has some unintentional religious references. Rather than offend anyone, the company wisely pulled the map so they could change out the music and put it back in later. The company issued this statement on the issue:

It has come to our attention that part of the background music track used in the DLC Thailand Temple Hideout Stage, released on April 25, 2017, contains unintentional religious references. Capcom has therefore immediately ceased distribution of this DLC and, as a temporary measure, will be performing an emergency server maintenance update in the very near future to remove this track by replacing it with existing music from another stage. Details of the timing of this update will be provided via the @SFVServer Twitter account. Users who have already downloaded this DLC will still be able to use it and, once the emergency maintenance update is complete, will have the replacement music as well. An edited version of the Thailand Temple Hideout Stage background music will be released at a later date. The Street Fighter V development and operations team, as well as all of us at Capcom, have nothing but the utmost respect for all faiths and religions around the world, and we would like to sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by this content.

The map will eventually be back, but for now, unless you purchased it already and it's part of your game, you can't access it. Whether or not players who do own it can access it as a map option online has yet to be determined, but we're guessing no.

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