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Modern Warfare 2 Not Recalled In Russia After All

Posted by Soulskill on from the it's-the-thought-that-counts dept.

thief21 writes "After claims that console versions Modern Warfare 2 had been recalled in Russia due to complaints from politicians and the gaming public over the infamous airport slaughter scene, it turns out the stories were completely untrue. Activision never released a console version of the game in Russia." Instead, they simply edited the notorious scene out of the PC version. They did this of their own volition, since Russia doesn't have a formal ratings committee.

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  1. In Post-Soviet Russia... by papapurinii · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...free speech censors itself! Wait, that's not funny. That's horrible. Why would you censor yourself when you don't have to...?

    1. Re:In Post-Soviet Russia... by sopssa · · Score: 2, Funny

      Because Infinity Ward's nuclear bunker under their development studios didn't finish in time, and it would be pretty stupid to piss off a country with tons of nuclear weapons without one.

      Duh.