They're gone, man... They're all gone.
Not too surprisingly, despite Activision's efforts to pull the videos all over the web (the LiveLeak link from 10/27 is gone), the mainstream game sites and the Fifth Column Fourth Estate have gone berserk anyway, flogging the controversy for all its worth. FWIW, it's a bit weird that a mere 12 days before the game is supposed to be in stores, there is no official announcement that Modern Warfare 2 has "gone gold" (meaning the master discs have been finalized for duplication). Either they're planning on crapping out 15 million copies in the next 10 days or they've "gone gold" and haven't told a soul. Since an apparent MW2 Edition Xbox 360 and game disc appear to have been seen in the wild (see the related link below), that may be the case. Links below.
- GamePro has an article up on "optional, playable terrorism".
- ZDNet chimes in on the current MW2 gameplay controversy by asking whether Modern Warfare 2 "A game too far?".
- Top News accurately describes the leaked vid as a depiction of a "terrorist attack".
- The Guardian.co.uk has some hand-wringing about the leaked gameplay vid.
- The Telegrah.co.uk has a more reasoned article.
- The Christian Science Monitor, which had its panties in a bunch over the relatively tame Infamy video, which Washington, DC, in flames, had a relatively mild article.
- The Sydney Morning Herald calls MW2 a "terrorist game".
- Kotaku reports that the "Australian Council on Children and the Media calling for the game's MA15+ to be reconsidered, effectively banning it from sale".
- Most accurate headline of the day comes from MTV: "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Leaked Story Footage is Disturbing, a Huge Spoiler".
- According to this (now deleted) thread on the Infinity Ward forums, someone has gotten an early MW2 themed Xbox 360, including the game disc, and may be ripping it to a torrent site.
- G4TV has a webpage full of video interviews with Modern Warfare 2 developers. Only watched the first one, but I was disappointed that in Spec Ops mode, you can't choose your own weapon loadouts. I've often thought I'd rather play the individual missions with weapons of my own choosing, rather than the default mission weapons.
- Bitbag has a video on the pros/cons of MW2's attempt at 3rd person.
- The Modern Warfare 2 PC Dedicated Server Petition has reached 170,000 sigs as this update is prepared. I think IW is unlikely to relent despite some serious questions whether a peer-to-peer system is the best way to improve MW2 gaming for PC players.
- Ars Technica makes the case for dedicated servers in multiplayer.
- Can't believe I missed this: Gamasutra article discussing the crappy PR moves by Infinity Ward this month.
- BASHandSlash report of a CoD4 CEVO tourney game whose results were overturned due to cheat detection.
- And also on BASHandSlash, an article about consolers starting to ask for dedicated servers.
- Semi-funny Walmart commercial on YouTube.
- Wanna feel the gunfire and explosions in your FPS? Immerz thinks they have the answer to that need. The reporter who tried the gizmo out was pretty impressed. Check out the company website for their video. It's pretty dang cool.
- Hard on the heels of yesterday's Voodoo Extreme Left 4 Dead 2 demo footage, here's footage in two parts from Game Trailers: Part 1, and Part 2.
- Speaking of Valve, GameSpy has the lowdown on Halloween-themed achievements for Team Fortress 2.
- And some Bioshock 2 goodness from Kotaku.
- Gamespot has a Bioshock 2 hands on.
- And continuing with Kotaku, Valve has some Halloween goodies on tap for Team Fortress 2.
- Gamespot has a first look at the Russian apocalyptic FPS Metro 2033.
- GameSpy details Battlefield: Bad Company 2's exclusive day 1 upgrades for those who buy the Limited Edition.
- Now, this guy has some balls. Alfred Sirleaf, in Monrovia, Liberia, is thumbing his nose at the heavily censored, government controlled press by posting the day's news on an erasable board in downtown Monrovia. Slashdot calls him "the world's only analog blogger". If I lived in a thugocracy, don't think I'd have the stones to do it.
- The Xbox Live Sky viewer problems in the UK were caused by "unprecedented demand".
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