Activision: We chose to pull airport scene from Russian PC Modern Warfare 2

Posted Nov 17th 2009 11:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: FPS, Multiplayer, Modern Warfare 2

Yesterday reports hit the Internet that the infamous "airport scene" in Modern Warfare 2's PC version had been removed from the game via a patch for Russian audiences. Today the game's publisher Activision has confirmed that is indeed the case but said the decision was made on its own and not based on any reactions to the Russian government.

According to Eurogamer, Activision said that Russia does not have a formal ratings system for games. However they decided to pull the scene from the PC version of the first person shooter which depicts Russian terrorists mowing down civilians in a Moscow airport with the participation of the player character, "after seeking the advice of local counsel." The PC version is the only one that has been released in Russia. Previous reports that the console versions had been recalled were incorrect.

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Tags: activision, activision-blizzard, infinity-ward, modern-warfare-2, modern-warfare-2-airport-leve, modern-warfare-2-airport-scene, russian

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

1. A worldwide release is a worldwide release.

2. Actvision's statement does fit the normal timeline of getting things sorted for a worldwide release.

Example: Like Germany did get an extra that makes that a player in Germany cant shoot civilians.

Banned is a big word but pulling back the Russian console copies and get new ones made has cleary been a last minute (a week before) desision. And this has nothing to do with no rating rules in Russia. When the video leaked and the reactions were verry negative headlines they decided to do some damage controll. Just in case the Russians would go really mad and more neg. publicity would harm the MW2 sales and Activision's image.

"Banned in Russia" is also "bad" so that's why today's statement. They know the not-banned articles now will replace the "banned" ones at the top of the search pages.

http://www.mapmodnews.com/article.php/Activision-Modern-Warfare-2-russia-2

Posted at 9:47PM on Nov 17th 2009 by CC

2. Actvision's statement does NOT fit the normal timeline of getting things sorted for a worldwide release

Cant edit post.Posted at 9:50PM on Nov 17th 2009 by CC

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