Published: Tuesday 17th November, 2009 | Author: Sylvie Barak
Products: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)
Companies: Activision (All Activision content)
External reviews: Modern Warfare 2
External reviews: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)
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email to a friend*Update: Despite wide ranging reports the game was banned in Russia, Activision strongly denies the claim and released the following statement: "Reports that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been banned in Russia are erroneous. Activision only released a PC version of the game in Russia which went on sale on Tuesday, Nov. 10." *
It has been widely reported that the level created such anger amongst Russian gamers and politicians that the country decided to pull all copies of the game off shelves, effectively banning it.
The disgruntled Ruskies have kicked up such a fussky that Infinity Ward has even had to release an official patch which guts the mission from the game entirely. The game developer says it will also release a censored version of the game within a month, minus the offending level.
But that may still not be enough for Russia to reconsider its veto of the game, which is entirely based around a bloody battle between US and Soviet forces - in which Russians are depicted as evil terrorists who invade the US, and erect offensive statues. yes, offensive statues. Shocking stuff.
Russian gamers have complained bitterly on forums that the game unfairly demonises the entire nation simply to gratify America's simplistic and geopolitically challenged youth culture.
Although if Russia thinks it got the short end of the political sensitivity gaming stick, it might want to go and have a little chat with Germany, which has been on the unpleasant receiving end for years.
All's fair in love and video war games, apparently.
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Last night when I posted it (US time) it was still being widely reported that it was indeed banned, and I only saw the Activision statement this morning when I woke up. Trouble with time zones...Quote
It's a moral tale, both sides are the baddy. The CIA sends an American soldier to kill hundreds of civilians, Russia had already taken the satellite bits to disable America's air defence, while other Russians work hard to spark a war. Then slaughter civilians in revenge while the Americans slaughter anyone who argues with their telling of history.
The moral is, both sides are evil, but the victor writes history.
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I'm sure some people in Russia are going nuts over the airport scene, just as some people in Britain would if it was set in Heathrow.Quote
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I'm sure some people in Russia are going nuts over the airport scene, just as some people in Britain would if it was set in Heathrow.
its set in 'Zakhaev' International Airport, its fictional.Quote
its set in 'Zakhaev' International Airport, its fictional.
I know but the whole things fictional. Change it to Capt Price memorial airport in London then, same response.Quote
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