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Infinity Ward pulls 'Fight Against Grenade Spam' ad in light of backlash
joystiq.com - 23 days ago
Infinity Ward pulls 'Fight Against Grenade Spam' ad in light of backlash
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After having their game leaked to the planet's pirating populace and catching flack for some of the controversial secrets revealed therein, one could say that the folks at Infinity Ward are having a fairly rough week. However, they brought their latest batch of hardships upon themselves. A ...
'Modern Warfare 2' invades Game Hunters
content.usatoday.com - 22 days ago
'Modern Warfare 2' invades Game Hunters
— content.usatoday.com — The countdown has officially begun for the arrival of the year's most anticipated video game, Call of... Duty: Modern Warfare 2, in stores Nov. 10. (more) 'Modern Warfare 2' invades Game Hunters

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Interview: Infinity Ward
develop-online.net - 22 days ago
Interview: Infinity Ward
— develop-online.net — Part One; Developer discusses high budgets, moving to other platforms and meeting expectations... (more) Interview: Infinity Ward

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Infinity Ward Removes Modern Warfare 2 "F.A.G.S." Video [Controversy]
kotaku.com - 24 days ago
Infinity Ward Removes Modern Warfare 2 "F.A.G.S." Video [Controversy]
— kotaku.com — Following stern criticism from two games writers yesterday, Infinity Ward 's Robert Bowling pulled back a viral... video for Modern Warfare 2, couched as a PSA from a group called "Fight Against Grenade Spam" that called the tactic "for pussies."  ... (more) Infinity Ward Removes Modern Warfare 2 "F.A.G.S." Video ...

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Infinity Ward pulls promotional PSA
N/A — ... , the Fight Against Grenade Spam, has been pulled from Infinity Ward’s official youtube channel. I saw the video itself, and I didn’t even put the acronym together (FAGS, get it?!) until I heard it elsewhere, and the apparent controversy surrounding it. From what I can tell from Joystiq and various tweets on the Twitter, people are upset that Infinity Ward seems to be appealing to the worst kind of gamers. When you think of Xbox Live, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Probably some kind of slur or insult, but whatever it is, it plagues all forms of gaming. I ...

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