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Sony Refuses To Sell Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered in Russia

Activision revealed that it was the decision of Sony Interactive Entertainment not to sell Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered in Russia.

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CaptainCook1485d ago

For those wondering... Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered is still releasing on PC and Xbox in Russia. Sony is censoring the game by not releasing it in Russia.

ziggurcat1484d ago

this is probably an April Fool's joke.

Fluttershy771484d ago

why would Sony censor this only in Russia. Could you explain without being aggressive?

franwex1484d ago (Edited 1484d ago )

Maybe because of the No Russian mission?

The Russians were already bitching about the Highway Of Death mission in Modern Warfare Remake. So I guess they just don’t want to create controversy. Also Sony has been a little bit on their censorship high horse for some reason.

I think it’s a combination of those two things.

staticall1484d ago

Actually, just a tiny amount of players were negative about the «No Russian» mission. You can search through steam forums to see for yourself, mission is called «Ни слова по-русски» in russian. It was an optional mission and it had a warning with option of skipping it beforehand.

Don't want to be political, but i think, this has a lot to do with braindead russian politicians and recent policies. Lately, here in Russia censorship was just off the charts, we have websites and services being blocked permanently for weird reasons (like «fake» news, negative info about politicians, copyright abuse, having any porn or sexy images, depiction of violence, any references to drugs (even if it's a wiki article or drug description in a videogame, like in EVE online) and so on). And it went from 0 to 100 in a month, basically.
Sony probably do not want to «stir the pot» and get unwanted attention on themselves.

It's still dumb, though.

UltraNova1484d ago

It's safe to say "No Russians" will be playing this? Hehe

Too soon?

RabbitFly1484d ago

That is not what censorship means.

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Kabaneri1484d ago (Edited 1484d ago )

If anything this game makes Russia look more powerful than it really is. A Russian ground invasion of the US? Lol good joke.

Poopmist1484d ago

I'm not sure why Russians would be angry about this. Do Germans throw a fit every time there's a German villain that does something mean?

Fluttershy771484d ago

I don't know about throw a fit, but a lot of Germans are tired of being depicted as the villains in every single game and movie

franwex1484d ago

Maybe if they weren’t villains in real life during WW2?

Plus I think most Germans don’t really care. They know it’s entertainment and it’s not personally directed at them currently. Just at their Nazi grandfathers.

mixelon1484d ago

In movies I see a lot more thick (usually upper class) British accents = villainous, to the point it just gets kind of funny.

UltraNova1484d ago (Edited 1484d ago )

They very well might be tired, but that's the price they'll have to pay (for ever, I'm afraid) for what happened back then. I know most Germans(the people) don't deserve this but then it's always the people who get to pay for the damages right? Fair or not, it is what it is.

MarvelzDJ1484d ago

I am German and tbh I don't care at all. Mostly it's killing Nazis and that always has been fun. I think the problem is, that it's a lot of Russian villains in games set in the recent era.

Games like MW are made by american devs and they usually show themselves as the good ones saving everyone (maybe one guy going rogue) and the russians are the bad guys. As a neutral person I can understand that Russians might consider those games propaganda against them. For me though, those are games - nothing more, nothing less - and everyone who thinks the storys they tell are representative of what happens in the real world, is kind of stupid..

I think games like SpecOps:The Line - eventhough completely ficitional - tell more realistic storys than any CoD ever.

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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: New Season 6 MP Map Gameplay Videos

Here is a look at the first two maps of Season 6 for Multiplayer.
La Casa involves intense action in a Vill and Koro Village is a battle in the streets where enemies lurk at all angles and shadows.

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MW3 shouldn’t leave Modern Warfare 2’s overlooked playlist behind

Modern Warfare 3 is set to be one of the biggest COD games yet features-wise, but it shouldn't leave out one of the best MW2 game modes in the rear view mirror.

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Modern Warfare 2 Adds Pay-to-Win Items With Thermal Scope and Merlin the Dog, Here's How They Work

Some alleged Modern Warfare 2 pay-to-win elements were recently added, see what they are here and how they work.

PunksOnN4G259d ago

The DOG is legit Broken if ur hiding in a room or grass he turns his head even if ur behind a closed door he turns his head and barks letting them know where u at thats PAY TO WIN!!!!!

LucasRuinedChildhood259d ago

I hope all the assholes who buy these get stuck in lobbies with each other. I skipped new COD games for a long time and a short time with MW2 convinced me to go back to on a hiatus.

With the skill-based matchmaking (engagement-based would be more accurate), I imagine this will make the game even more miserable for most players when the matchmaking has decided it's time for a tough lobby.

I played the OG MW2 recently on the Series X and it's disheartening how much more fun it is. I don't even care about the balance issues anymore. lol

PunksOnN4G258d ago

My friends dont play with me anymore i am former pro player and i even streamed on MLG for RX gaming the team i played for... My KD is always high 5-6kd my friends who i went to school with are not good wht so ever so with SBMM kicking in its always putting us in TOP TIER lobbys and they cant hang now they dont even tell me when they getting on LOL

ManMarmalade258d ago

I recently started playing OG MW2 again and I'm having a blast. Feels like I'm in high school again.

fr0sty258d ago (Edited 258d ago )

Welcome to COD under MS. It's all downhill from here, they're going to be looking to make that $68B back as fast as possible, at any expense to the player.

StarkR3ality258d ago

The deal hasn't even closed yet you pleb. CoD has been doing stuff like this since the loot boxes in WWII.

Nice try though pal.

TheColbertinator257d ago

Activision has never needed Microsoft or anybody for that matter to act like greedy bastards

PunksOnN4G258d ago

why did my 2nd comment about SBMM get downvited LOL?? Do we have people who Enjoy trash SBMM tbh make sense it caters to LOW KD players and u will never get better playing with the same trahs everyday LOL

andy85259d ago

Probably gonna see more of this BS once the deal is fully done..Gotta recoup that 70B.

Jin_Sakai258d ago (Edited 258d ago )

Look at Minecraft. The game hasn’t went anywhere since Microsoft bought them. No 4K, no 120fps, no graphics pack, and no Ray Tracing. Just some new biomes, mobs, and more skins as usual.

Same could be said about Rare. Who knows what will happen to Activision once they’re under Microsoft’s roof. We can all take a good guess though.

PunksOnN4G258d ago

TBH they did update it by accident then they pulled the update down on xsx and xss i remeber the XSX version having ray tracing but the S did not. Then after people seen that it was updated it was removed that same day

peppeaccardo259d ago

No way !!! Nobody wouild think they would monetize on items that weak asses will use to get advantage during multiplayer action !!! I would never think they would do that ... I mean is a free to play game after all ! /S
Wait once M$ will put their greasy hands all over Activizion and you will see what awaits the "lucky" ones who will play this slot machine of a game. Sooooo Lame !

jznrpg258d ago

They way it works is you give them money and more money and more money.

anast258d ago

It's a true phenomenon that people haven't figured this out yet.

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