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Call of Juarez has, as a series, stayed in the wild west. While The Cartel aims to move to a more modern setting, it's still a bit of a western. There's definitely a bit of thematic influence from the excellent No Country For Old Men, and the characters definitely remind us of the classic western archetypes. Besides that, this is entirely a stylistic trailer. Lots of cool cinematics and explosions, not much else.

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Developer Techland will have a very busy 2011. It has two games coming out that have both generated its share of mainstream media coverage. One is, of course, the upcoming zombie action game Dead Island. The other is the modern day Western shooter Call of Juarez: The Cartel.

In an interview on The Web Site Formerly Known As Scrawl, Techland's Blazej Krakowiak confirmed that Call of Juarez: The Cartel would be getting a playable demo, although it's not yet determined if it will be released before or after the full game is released by Ubisoft this summer. It will also support the full game's three player co-op mode.

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Call of Juarez The Cartel was just announced a couple of weeks ago but the upcoming first person shooter from developer Techland is already generating controversy in the mainstream media. Reuters has posted a story that reports that some people who live on the US-Mexico border believe the game, described by publisher Ubisoft as depicting a "bloody road trip from Los Angeles to Juarez, Mexico"; will glorify the real drug murders and conflicts across the border.

Laurencio Barraza, a youth worker in the Ciudad Juarez town of Mexico, is quoted as saying he believes that the game "glorifies violence, as if victims were just another number or another bonus." An Ubisoft spokesperson defends the game, saying, "While Call of Juarez the Cartel touches on subjects relevant to current events in Juarez, it does so in a fictional manner that makes the gaming experience feel more like being immersed in an action-movie than in a real-life situation." The game itself is due out sometime this summer.

Update: According to the Associated Press, lawmakers in the Mexican state of Chihuahua (where Ciudad Juarez is located) have now voted to ask Mexico's Interior Department to ban Call of Juarez: The Cartel.

The Call of Juarez first person shooter franchise is getting a third installment later this summer titled Call of Juarez: The Cartel, thanks to developer Techland and publisher Ubisoft. While the first two games in the series (Call of Juarez and Call of Juarez Bound in Blood) took place in the American Wild West timeframe, Techland has decided to make a "Modern Warfare" move and set Call of Juarez: The Cartel in the present day.

Details are scarce at this point but the official press release for the game states that it will have a "gritty plot" and "interesting characters". The game chronicles what we can only assume will be a violent road trip from Los Angeles to Juarez, Mexico. More info on the game will be revealed in the latest issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly's latest print magazine. By the way the game's press release specifically said the title would be coming to "Windows PC" despite the lack of a PC mention on the game's official web site.