Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 To Be Banned In The UK?

Are you living in the UK and are eagerly anticipated the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in November 2011? Well unfortunately, there is a chance that the game may never come.

http://thegamershub.net/2011/05/modern-warfare-3-to-be-banned-in-the-uk/

 

AS LONG AS IT COME TO THE US I DON'T CARE!!!

 

E3 2011: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Preview

http://www.gamingunion.net/news/e3-2011-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-preview--5448.html

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Such an overrated franchise. Who cares!

 

CLEARLY...one who does not play.

 

Yes i have played all the previous ones and it's the some old shit over and over again!

The better response would've been "One who finds it overrated and rightfully so."

 

old news, the game wont be banned, but im getting this and bf3

 

I think it is insensitive. Why don't they just remove this mission from the game? Clearly drawn inspiration from 7/7. It reminds me of when a CSI game used an image of little James Bulger being led to his death on CCTV without even consulting his parents. I think they do this for the controversy though... it's probably deliberate.

 

i remember back in 2009 the uproar a mission from modern warfare 2 caused in the media

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couldnt believe they had the bals to put something like that in a game

 

I honestly don't see what's so different from the older games that came before it. There were war-based games in which you could have played the hero or the villain and shoot up people left and right. Maybe it's the graphical realism thanks to more advanced technology or perhaps something other.

However, the Grand Theft Auto series received such attention because of pretty much what you're free to do in that respect. And really, all of this will blow by very quickly. Violent video games are just for entertainment purposes and if people are censoring the material, then they can't differentiate between reality and fiction.

 

I agree about realism/fantasy but that's not the case here really. I think it's that 7/7 was very recent and is still very painful to the victims and their families - things like this can trigger the trauma and cause a lot of hurt. I just think they didn't NEED to add this so why do it? It's just a little too soon I believe. I very much doubt it will be banned though.

 

That maybe true. However, individuals who were involved in that incident are less likely to get the game anyway for that reason. However, the game series as a whole still follows the general good guy vs. bad guy thing. The only difference is that there's the element of moral ambiguity.

Games like these are merely a product of their time, so it's a psychological trigger that would compel people to buy into these products. When 9/11 happened, games like Halo, Splinter Cell, and Ghost Recon were immensely popular. They were top-notch games, but mainly were products of their time. Of course, Halo does have that element of longevity and memorabilia compared to the other franchises I've mentioned.

Oh, and prior to that...thanks to the Columbine shootings, we had games like GTA pushing the envelope as well, but that basically been absorbed into the culture ultimately.