Russia Bans Modern Warfare 2 - Recalls All Copies
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The people in Russia are not to happy with one segment of the new Modern Warfare 2 game, that could be interpreted as portraying Russians as terrorists. The segment causing much discussion involves a Russian airport in which players must decide whether to fire on Russian citizens or not. This has caused Russians authorities to pull the game from store shelves and ban the game from purchase.
On the flip side, the makers of the game, are doing the following:
Infinity Ward has opted to patch the level out entirely for Russian consumers, and an edited version of the game is expected to be re-released in less than a month, pending government approval. Even that may not pass, however, considering the entire game is based around a war between the US and Russian forces.
Russian gamers are apparently very unhappy with the game’s content. One Web site, GotPS3, railed against Infinity Ward for catering to an American audience and ignoring the sensitivities of other cultures. The site believes that Infinity Ward portrays the Russians as terrorists.
Interesting. This afternoon I was playing a game which involves shooting World War II German soldiers. This makes me wonder if the people of Germany should complain that they are victims as well.
What do you think?
Comments welcome.

7 Comments
Doppelganger
November 17th, 2009
at 8:13am
FCOL! It’s a game! Russia is still “State” ran and I beleive GotPS3 was instructed to make thoughs comments.
Move on
Mark Pannell
November 17th, 2009
at 1:45pm
I think you meant “interpreted” not “interrupted.” Either way, interesting piece. =)
Eddi Hughes
November 17th, 2009
at 1:50pm
Ah Mothaland!
I think it should be up to the people whether they buy it or not, not the state.
Patrick John Rose
November 17th, 2009
at 1:54pm
You know whats annoying? Its not even a good game…
Before the rage appears, No Russian was a bad level, but I think they were brave to put it in. In other news, isn’t there a big plot twist at the end?
Ron Schenone
November 17th, 2009
at 3:03pm
Thanks Mark for the correction.
Also thanks for all of the comments.
Stan Starinski
November 18th, 2009
at 6:45am
I was born/raised in Russia & you simply don’t know what war means to Russians. While the so-called “won” in WWII, it severely udnercut progess for the entire generation.
Actually i am Jewish ethnically, x-Russian by citizenship, American since 1993. Complicated.
Anyway, it’s relaly sensitive out there.
I recommend replacing that episode with shooting Chinse.
But this will upset Obama’s brother. Maybe game shoudl be reprogrammed to shoot everyone on Earth and Aliens too.’
Bottom line, all war games are disgusting and for little boys or adults with low IQ levels.
As of Germans:
Ron your last name is German, I am not surprised you being upset about WWII computer games. It usually involves shooting Germans.
So you can never make anyone happy, but I’d be delighted to see a wargame involving SHOOTING SOMALIAN PIRATES or North Koreans.
By the way, at least youtr should be proud - a small country (by modern standards) of Germany, lacking any natural resources whuich have been depleted decades ago, still managed to be in top 3 world’s economies, rivaled only by giant USA, China and hightech guru Japan. A small country like Germany basically ruined the laregst country on Earth - x-USSR.
The real winner was Western Europe & USA, not my country Russia.
You should see newspapers with which we were wiping our rear ends due to lack of toilet paper. You should see antique cars, retarded computers, and just complete B.S.
SO who’s won?
You.
This is why i live in America now.
But really you don’t know how the word :war” is perceived in Rissua, which suffered more than anyone in that war.
This is why they go ballistic about US Ballistic missiles deployments in Poland, and whatever.
Russians are mortally afraid of repeating the same story that happene din 1941-1945. All my grandparents families have been destroyed, has nothing todo with jews.
It has todo with being too close to Western Front. My father’s sister was permanently damaged due to my grandmother’s extreme hunger.
You don’t know what war is.
Afghanistant is a joke.
iraq is a joke.
You talking about 4000 dead Americans out of a 300+Million country? Is this a joke?
How about 28 MILLION DEAD RUSSIANS out of a 180 Million country?? Or 51% of all Jews exterminated.
This is why game is banned.
You have to swallow it and reprogram to shoot someone else, not Russians.
Stan Starinski
November 18th, 2009
at 6:47am
Previous comment was written by an imposter.
I am real Stan Starinski, but previous person’s real name is:
KEVIN JOHN PANZKE.
He wrote under my & many others names, lamer impersonator.