We all know that Modern Warfare 2 has found its way into the news constantly for all the wrong reasons. Today, we've got a new one for you. The game has been banned by Russian authorities who seem to object to several scenes in the game, which are said to portray the Russian state as a terrorist entity. Apparently - it is the airport scene where players can choose to gun down innocent civilians that is causing all the trouble for the Russian government.

The Kremlin has placed a temporary ban on Modern Warfare 2, and has recalled all unsold copies of the game. Activision has responded by releasing a patch for the Russian version which removes the airport level, and plans to re-release a new version of the game that excludes the airport level completely from the game.

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I fear this will only encourage more Russia based gamers to download the 'uncensored' game, especially given there's no protection in place to stop people from playing pirated copies on IWnet.

what a joke. All the biggest mafia and hitmen come from Russia and the eastern block countries and they ban THIS game?? even the best computer hackers come from Russia.

you have to be kidding me

But the mission is called 'No Russian'

i am going to say the same thing i put on some blog, "why bother, Russia is full of piracy. Hell they don't even bother localizing many games because of this"

EDIT: piracy of this game will skyrocket in russia....unless every russian themselves are offended.

sucked in IW.. bad press is good press

It's good to see that IW can shoot out a patch quickly that will ensure continued sales. Hopefully now they can quickly shoot out a patch that will ensure THE GAME IS PLAYABLE!!!

connecting... connecting... waiting... finding suitable host... connecting... connecting... finding suitable host... waiting for 1 more player... waiting for 5 more players.. connecting... host timed out..

*sigh*

connecting... connecting.. waiting... finding suitable host... waiting for 2 more players... connecting... unable to migrate host.

*sigh*

connecting... connecting.. waiting... finding suitable host.. connecting, connected.. waiting for other players... waiting for other players.. waiting for other players... game session closed.

This is gold.

What more is there to say.


BTW from what ive heard the single player is 4-6 hours long.

That means its now *even* shorter for these people.

Imagine buying a game only to have finished the single player a couple of hours after you got the game.

Big anticlimax.

It wasn't banned for the content of the game. It was banned as Russia united to boycot the lack of dedicated server support.

Now c'mon, that's not right...





















...It's "...game LOBBY closed"

- But yeah, that crap happens to me all the time, it is VERY annoying. It took me and a mate HALF AN HOUR just to get INTO a game last night.

oh and sif anyone that has the game already in Russia is gunna install that patch

lol

Yeah, they're too awesome to put up with that crap.

Hahahahaha

Sorry to say that as much as I detest the lack of actual servers, IWNet has given me solid ping, night after night.

But then, I am used to this matchmaking business through the shooters I have played on my ps3.

Funny, but completely untrue.

Maybe my connection is good, and yours sucks? Or stop downloading porn?
I dunno.

Anyways, with this thing, haha! You don't even have to shoot them! Maybe the security guards or SWAT team, but none of Unarmed Civilians need to be shot.

Maybe they just don't like giving people a choice. Censorship?