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Modern Warfare 3 less violent than MW2

GamePron: When it was time to submit Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to the Australian censors, Activision played a game of covert ops, entering the game under a fake name.

Now that Modern Warfare 3 faces the same scrutiny, there's been no fake names, no hiding, and no pretending. Why the change of heart?

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Marcus Fenix5374d ago

what's so violent about MW2?, oh I remember the enemy explodes with paper money when they die.

ATi_Elite5374d ago

Everybody had a fit about the airport scene and shooting unarmed civilians.

In Texas their is no such thing as an unarmed civilian. :)

Jack_DangerousIy5374d ago

Funny... Because I'm from "their" (wrong 'there' btw) and I don't know a single person who has a gun. That was a pretty uninformed thing for you to say.

RioKing5374d ago

^Don't mess with Texas. LOL

tmoss7265374d ago

The "No Russian" level probably where you kill civilians. Oh spoiler alert lol.

Micro_Sony5374d ago

Killing civilians felt so wrong in so many levels.

ME19895374d ago

Why? It's ok, the civilians are digital.

One of the most fun parts of some games is random killing, like GTA for example. Hell I'm playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution at the moment and every now and then just pull my shotgun on a random civie and pop his/her head lol.

bumnut5374d ago

It did feel wrong, but it happens.

Pro_TactX5374d ago

It didn't feel wrong to me. I was determined to kill more civilians than my NPC companions. No way was I going to be outperformed by NPCs.

It is healthy to let loose your dark side in video games. It is infinitely better than letting it loose in real life.

Trophywhore5374d ago

I always thought the money on death thing added to the douchbaggery of the game.

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Unlimax5374d ago

Yeah sure .. To market the Game for kids too or its already is Huh !

Is not it supposed to prevent this game from the children .. Oh, for the moment we are talking about Bobby kotick policy in the dissemination of his toys !

zeksta5374d ago

I'm sorry.. but what in the hell did you just say? :/

Tachyon_Nova5374d ago

Does anyone know what this guy is on about?

Pro_TactX5374d ago (Edited 5374d ago )

I think he is accusing Activision of making MW3 less violent in an effort to get the game in the hands of children.

Don't take my word for it though. I haven't had to translate gibberish in a while so I am a little rusty.

HINDERIZATION5374d ago

First thing that came to mind was the Russian level.

SKUD5374d ago

Less awesome. Moar lame.

nycnomad835374d ago

Maybe they have nothing to hide now that Australia has finally created a Mature equivalent rating (R18) for video games that didn't exist when MW2, Duke, GTA or other 'banned games' were submitted.

dotarray5374d ago

We still don't have a Mature equivalent rating for video games. R18+ has been approved *in principle*, but we won't see it actually affecting games on shelves until at least the end of the year - more likely some time in 2012.

MW2, Duke and GTA4 were all allowed into Australia with no edits, btw ;)

nycnomad835374d ago

I stand corrected good sir :)

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Co-founder claims Activision put "pressure" on Infinity Ward to make game about Iran invading Israel

Chance Glasco, one of the co-founders of Infinity Ward and creators of the Call of Duty franchise, has claimed that Activision once pressured the studio to include an invasion of Israel by Iran.

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Kotick claims lawsuit objecting to MS-Activision deal was "tied to Embracer's desire to boost sales"

Former CEO describes lawsuit filed by Swedish pension fund as a "collateral attack" on Activision Blizzard.

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OpenGL135d ago

Yeah, the Microsoft deal has DEFINITELY worked out for everyone.

galgor134d ago

Can this mother fucker just get lost already

PRIMORDUS134d ago

He belongs in here ⚰️, hopefully sooner than later.

MrDead134d ago (Edited 134d ago )

Kotick Made $155 million from MS in the buyout, the little b*tch needs to stop whining. Thanks to this Microslop deal and massive industry consolidation thousands upon thousands of devs and other workers lost their livelihoods. This greedy piggie pervert needs shut up and f-off.

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Microsoft needs to listen or risk irreparable harm to Call of Duty

Windows Central: "The money may keep rolling in, but Microsoft is the custodian of one of the biggest selling video game series in history. If something doesn't change, I fear we'll reach a breaking point and irreparable damage will have been done."

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StoneTitan185d ago

Because ms is so good at managing studios, surely they will get it right

:P

franwex185d ago

In my view, they should probably merge MP with Warzone and essentially make it free to play like Halo Infinite. The campaign/zombies mode can be $30 yearly DLC. I know this would be insanity as most COD players essentially pay the full price of the game simply for the MP. However-with a shrinking player base they may have to consider it. Making it free would bring in a ton of players.

Profchaos185d ago

To late MW3 should have been a lesson but here we are two years later with a steaming pile a shite called blops7

bsingle40185d ago

Nothing lasts forever, eventually something will come along to make people forget about COD

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1Victor185d ago (Edited 185d ago )

@Oumba:”We’ve heard that story many times before 😂”
You know what we seen many times good franchises been run into the ground by bad management like h___o , f___a and most of the sports game oh I forgot the dynasty warriors
Oh forgot to say
Happy thanksgiving to all the N4G members
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MDTunkown184d ago

Halo killer once arrived and technically call of duty killer also arrived, its name is Fortnite

dveio185d ago

Call of Duty was riding the revenue horse and charts for ~20 years. Whether undeserved or deserved.

But I endorse everyone to remind you that Microsoft could have decided differently when they took it over.

The money was certainly there, and they could have taken their time revamping the franchise:

Current-gen tech, manageable microtransactions, not imitating Fortnite and returning to core values of the franchise's origin.

They didn't.

Let's see next year. Hopefully without the then 13 years old PS4 and One hardware.

blacktiger185d ago

you need to stop saying "let see next year"

XBManiac184d ago

dveo is an alias of Phil Spencer?

XBManiac184d ago

dveio is an alias of Phil Spencer?

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