April 22^nd, 2005 (2:24pm) - After reports surfaced concerning the Bangladesh government being irate over the way their country was being portrayed in Sony’s upcoming tactical shooter SOCOM 3, Sony announced today that all references to Bangladesh will be removed from the final version of SOCOM 3.

A Sony spokesperson told GameSpot.com that, "In a recent prototype, it has come to our attention that one of the game’s missions may have offended some communities due to its setting in Bangladesh. The SOCOM franchise has never depicted any government or country as a terrorist operation, and any depiction of independent terrorist groups is purely from a fictional standpoint. Within the storyline of SOCOM 3, there has never been any reference to Bangladesh supporting, or harboring terrorists and/or other criminal activities."

Yesterday it was reported that the government of Bangladesh was irate over what it believed as their country being portrayed as a terrorist state, and threatened to take Sony to court if references to Bangladesh were not removed from the game.

SOCOM 3 is still set to be released this fall.