Ubisoft censors Far Cry 4 nudity 10 years after the game came out

Ubisoft has quietly rolled out a bizarre update to the PC version of Far Cry 4, which appears to have covered up some of the characters.

Censorship in video games has always been a thorny issue, especially as the dominance of the US market means extreme gore is usually always okay and yet the slightest hint of sex or nudity is discouraged.

A particularly strange case has now cropped up with a 10 year old game; the PC version of Far Cry 4, which was originally released in 2014, received an update on April 3, 2025 that appears to have censored certain characters – with no explanation as to why.

Ubisoft hasn’t released any patch notes to acknowledge the changes but the sizeable update has been recorded on SteamDB. While it’s unclear what exactly has been altered, players have started reporting some of the changes on Reddit.

As posted in the Far Cry thread, a previously topless woman at the Shanath Arena is now wearing a bra following the update. A Reddit user has also claimed protagonist Ajay ‘is no longer naked’ during the Shanath Arena mission and now wears a loincloth, posting a screenshot as proof.

The sequence with Ajay, where a ‘man’s genitals are briefly exposed’ is highlighted in Far Cry 4’s ESRB rating, so it’s unclear why it has been changed nearly 11 years later, and only on PC. We’ve reached out to Ubisoft for comment.

While any belated censorship is odd, it feels particularly strange in the case of Far Cry 4. The game’s predecessor, Far Cry 3, features an actual sex scene between protagonist Jason and Rakyat tribal leader Citra, where her bare breasts are covered in blood, and yet that hasn’t been changed.

The last instalment in the series was 2021’s Far Cry 6, and Ubisoft has yet to officially announce a follow-up. Two separate Far Cry games were believed to be in the works at one point, between a mainline sequel (presumably Far Cry 7) and a multiplayer spin-off, but the latter was reportedly cancelled this year.

As announced last month, the Far Cry franchise is now part of a separate subsidiary co-owned by Ubisoft and Tencent. This same company also houses Ubisoft’s other big franchises, such as Assassin’s Creed and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six.

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