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Modern Warfare 2 causes a storm in Australia

Being a gamer in Australia just got a little more nerve tingling; The recent controversial footage of Modern Warfare 2 ’s opening sequences has caused the Australian Council on Children and the Media to call for the Australian Classification Board to rethink the MA 15+ rating — which is also the highest rating in the country — they’ve given the game. “The consequences of terrorism are just abhorrent in our community and yet here we are with a product that’s meant to be passed off as a leisure time activity, actually promoting what most world leaders speak out publicly against,” said Jane Roberts, president of the Australian Council on Children and the Media.

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Leaked Modern Warfare 2 footage shocks, Activision responds

Yesterday, a video of what appeared to be Modern Warfare 2 emerged featuring some pretty bold, some might say extremely shocking, gameplay. Unsurprisingly it has sparked a massive online reaction. Today, Activision has issued an official response

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Infinity Ward kept MW2 secret from Activision, doesn’t care what they think

Infinity Ward kept pretty darn tight-lipped about their progress with Modern Warfare 2 . In fact, they didn’t even tell Activision, the franchise’s publisher, until development for the long-awaited sequel was well underway. But that’s just because they didn’t care what Activision had to say about the game

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Play Modern Warfare 2 in third person

This very blurry video has perked up showing what looks like someone playing what’s presumably a leaked version of Modern Warfare 2 . However there’s something…off about the game, as it looks a little more Max Payne then Call of Duty . Infinity Ward has sent down some words via community manager Robert “fourzerotwo” Bowling about this newly discovered feature, and it’s definitely the real deal and the game can be played while in a third-person view, but there are restrictions

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Modern Warfare 2 to sell 17-18 million in 12 months, analyst predicts

While he doesn’t believe Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare 2 will become the biggest selling game ever, Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter predicts it will sell through 14 million copies in the holiday quarter this year, and 17 to 18 million in its first year. “Last year sold about 8 million in the Christmas quarter, I think most people think this will do 10-12. It really depends on marketing — if they blitz the airwaves and we see ads on every basketball game, football game, college football game, every beauty pageant … maybe 14,” Pachter said in the latest episode of GT’s Bonus Round

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