Yet another controversy involving Modern Warfare 2? [Update]

Posted Oct 31st 2009 1:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Culture, Video, Modern Warfare 2

Oh boy. Here we go again. First, Infinity Ward manages to make lots of hardcore PC gamers upset by not supporting dedicated servers for the PC version of Modern Warfare 2. Then a pretty brutal scene from the upcoming FPS (that has a plot point that we won't go into here) is leaked into the Internet. Now a new promo video for the game on YouTube has a statement that may (or may not) have some homophobic connotations.

The video itself is just a bit of a goof as it shows a virtual version of Philadelphia Phillis pitcher Cole Hamels (a known fan of Infinity Ward's previous games) getting blown up by a hailstorm of grenades. However the "sponsor" that is written out at the end of the video can be taken to be . . . something else when you use the first letter of each word.

Naturally we have emailed Activision and Infinity Ward to find out if that "hidden" message was intentional.

Update: The video has now been pulled from YouTube

Gallery: Modern Warfare 2

Tags: activision, activision-blizzard, call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2, cole-hamels, infinity-ward, modern-warfare-2, world-series-2009

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Who gives a shit if it pissed some gays off? Posted at 2:17PM on Oct 31st 2009 by Cheesus Crust

meh, CoD MW2 will suck on PC, because it will be a shitty console port. Would not surprise me if they wanted PC gamers to start using xbox controllers. People on PC will play it, when IW realize they F'd up on their "matchmaking" decision and patch in Dedicated servers, doubt they'll buy it though. :)

BF - Bad Company 2 on PC FTW!Posted at 3:06PM on Oct 31st 2009 by Dopeman

Whats offensive here? Who cares about gays, we want dedicated servers!Posted at 4:22AM on Nov 1st 2009 by Dragan

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