Santa Monica Studios' latest entry into the iconic hack-and-slash series has been officially approved by the National Media Council for release in the UAE. To put it in in clear terms, this is the first God of War game that hasn't been banned in the region.

This news comes to us from PlayStation Middle East Senior Trade Marketing Manager Junaid Sayeed, who posted on his social media channels "After months of attempts it has finally happened. God of War approved by the NMC to be launched in the UAE." You can see his post for yourself below:

We discovered two weeks ago that there were listings for God of War on the UAE PlayStation store as well as Geekay Games's website. Well now you've got it straight from the horse's mouth. UAE gamers will be able to purchase copies of God of War from their local retailers as well from the PSN store when the game launches later this week (or you could pre-order it right now).

God of War has already received overwhelming critical acclaim internationally, and will release exclusively on PS4 on April 20.