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Russian Airport Massacre Prompts Modern Warfare 2 Ban
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Posted by Donster on: 2009-11-16 17:46:03 337
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By Aharon Etengoff @ TG Daily
The Russian government has reportedly imposed a de-facto ban on sales of CoD: Modern Warfare 2. According to Hellforge, "every copy" of the console version has been recalled due to a controversial scene in which the protagonist participates in a deadly Moscow airport terrorist attack.
The ban has prompted Infinity Ward to release an official patch for the PC and Steam versions of Modern Warfare 2 that "entirely removes" the mission from the game. The censored console version is currently pending approval from the Russian government and could be released sometime over the next month.
Predictably, the above-mentioned airport massacre has yet to negatively impact game sales in the US and UK.
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