April 21^st, 2005 (10:22pm) - Chinese news service Xinhua is reporting that the government of Bangladesh is threatening legal action against Sony if the company fails to remove all references to Bangladesh from the upcoming squad-based tactical shooter, SOCOM 3. The issue over the game is over the alleged portrayal of Bangladesh as a terrorist state. The Bangladeshi foreign affairs ministry has said they will file a lawsuit in the international court if Sony refuses.

Sony previously has complied with demands given by world governments, such as when all references to Canada were removed from Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain after Quebec politicians complained about a scenario in the game that featured Quebecois separatists seizing console of a subway station in Toronto.

At the current time, Bangladesh is the only country expressing their dissatisfaction with SOCOM 3, which takes place in three locales: Bangladesh, Poland, and Morocco.