{"id":675275,"date":"2026-07-05T16:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/675275\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:22:16","slug":"marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-is-blocked-in-132-countries-due-to-sonys-controversial-psn-linking-requirement-but-its-steam-page-is-still-visible-to-blocked-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/675275\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls is blocked in 132 countries due to Sony&#8217;s controversial PSN linking requirement \u2013 but its Steam page is still visible to blocked players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marvel T&amp;omacr;kon: Fighting Souls is blocked in 132 countries, once again due to Sony&#8217;s controversial PSN linking requirement.<\/p>\n<p>Much like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/helldivers-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Helldivers 2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/helldivers-2-has-been-pulled-from-sale-in-177-countries-as-its-psn-linking-requirement-rolls-out\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">which was pulled from sale in 177 countries in 2024 as its PSN linking requirement rolled out in countries where PSN wasn&#8217;t available<\/a>, Marvel T&amp;omacr;kon: Fighting Souls&#8217; Steam backend <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/sub\/1537307\/info\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">confirms<\/a> the fighting game will &#8220;not [be available] in 132 countries&#8221; on Steam.<\/p>\n<p>Though we&#8217;ve suspected for some time now that some territories could be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L0ItzEn3As0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blocked<\/a> from playing, some fighting fans in blocked countries are confused that they can still access Marvel T&amp;omacr;kon&#8217;s Steam page.<\/p>\n<p>MARVEL T&amp;omacr;kon: Fighting Souls | Samurai Outriders Trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7QGiaEkqYEE\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As one player <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/3787240\/discussions\/0\/565913205989308454\/#c565913205989322324\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">explained<\/a> it: &#8220;This is weird. When PSN was mandatory I couldn&#8217;t access the store page of the game. I couldn&#8217;t access or buy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/god-of-war-ragnarok\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">God of War Ragnarok<\/a> and Spider-Man 2. Once the PSN stopped being mandatory then I could buy those games. How come this game store isn&#8217;t invisible [to me in this country] and how come I can purchase this game?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/3787240\/discussions\/0\/565913205989308454\/?ctp=2#c565913205989342905\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">added<\/a>, &#8220;Tokon&#8217;s assumedly going to be a main-stage game at EVO for the 2027 circuit and you cannot legally obtain the game in Morocco, one of the countries hosting EVO next year. That sure is a decision that Sony made&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Head on over to <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/sub\/1537307\/info\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SteamDB<\/a> for the full list of blocked countries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-is-a-superhero-tag-team-fighter-launching-next-year\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guilty Gear developer Arc System Works unveiled new tag team fighter Marvel T&amp;omacr;kon: Fighting Souls last year<\/a>, confirming the 4v4 superhero fighting game will drop on PS5 and PC. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-samurai-outriders-trailer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marvel T&amp;omacr;kon: Fighting Souls&#8217; full launch roster has now been confirmed<\/a>: Storm, Magik, Wolverine, Danger, Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel, Star-Lord, Peni Parker, Captain America, Iron Man, Black Panther, Hulk, Doctor Doom, Magneto, Green Goblin, Carnage, Ghost Rider, Blade, Deadpool, and Loki.<\/p>\n<p>An open beta for PS5 and PC is set for 24th to 26th July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marvel T&amp;omacr;kon: Fighting Souls is blocked in 132 countries, once again due to Sony&#8217;s controversial PSN linking requirement.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-675275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}