Can I play PS3 games from another country?

Question

I'm going to buy Assassins Creed 3 on amazon.com, but my friend told me if I buy it from there, I can't play because I have a PS3 from Iceland (where I live). It is true?

Does the PS3 have region locking that will prevent a US copy of Assassin's Creed 3 from playing on an Icelandic PS3?

Answer 1

As far as I know all PS3 games are infact region free. The same cannot be said about Blu-Ray movies though.

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and of course there's this question as pointed out by Colin.

However most of these are only forum posts. If I get chance will have a good search for some concrete evidence from Sony.

Happy gaming :)

Answer 2

Yes. the games are region free.

Check out this question for more information: Are PS3 games exactly the same between PAL and NTSC?

notably the: tv and dlc portions.