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gamepolitics.com - 23 days ago
More Controversy for Modern Warfare 2
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The missteps following Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continue as a video posted online Friday night raised the ire of both journalists and fans of the series. Starring Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels, the video was designed to highlight the problem of grenade spam within the Call of ...
'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

Comments vote down Joystiq found this 22 days agofound this
amazon.com - 24 days ago
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— amazon.com — The Call of Duty -est Town in America Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Amazon.com's Call of... Duty -est Town in America promotion features the towns that have the highest percentage of Release-Date Delivery COD:MW2 pre-orders. To calculate, we are using ... (more) est Town in America

Comments vote down Kotaku found this 24 days agofound this
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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Gaming Nexus:  Minitorial: Modern Warfare 2 to do more harm than good?

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Minitorial: Modern Warfare 2 to do more harm than good?
Gaming Nexus — ... and releasing a mildly inappropriate video which makes me wonder what exactly is going on at IW HQ.  I don't doubt that the game will sell well and will receive a ton of accolades but I do wonder if Modern Warfare 2 is going to end up harming the industry through the controversial content and if the game's approach to PC gamers will end up harming them in the long run.  Time will tell but I'm a bit worried.

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Modern Warfare 2 Ad Wants You to ‘Fight Against Grenade Spam’
hellforge.gameriot.com 25 days ago — While I would simply love to defend Infinity Ward for their efforts in pushing the envelope with Modern Warfare 2's narrative and the like, their latest marketing release displays everything that's wrong with gamer culture and revels in it. The ...
Cole Hamels Reminds You That Grenades are "For Pussies" [Damn]
kotaku.com 25 days ago — Well. This is edgy as all get-out. Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels comes to Modern Warfare 2 to tell us that mindlessly hucking grenades is a dickbag cop-out. And then there's "Fight Against Grenade Spam," which makes a cheerful acronym. It looks ...
Bullseye
brainygamer.com 24 days ago — Infinity Ward posted a promotional video for Modern Warfare 2 on YouTube last night. The ad features an in-game version of Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels delivering a faux public service announcement for a faux organization called Fight ...
Amazon Looking For "Duty-est" Town — G4 TV - TheFeed
After all the recent controversy regarding Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 , please enjoy the following friendly story about the game; it contains no controversy. Amazon.com is holding a contest looking for the "Call of Duty-est Town in America."  Using the most recent ...
Infinity Ward pulls promotional PSA —
Everybody makes mistakes, even Infinity Ward/Activision and their promotional team. A video promoting the stopping of grenade spam, 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 ...
Infinity Ward pulls 'Fight Against Grenade Spam' ad in light of backlash — Joystiq
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 ...
Infinity Ward Removes Modern Warfare 2 "F.A.G.S." Video [Controversy] — GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts
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." Destructoid's Samit Sarkar, following the event ...
Infinity Ward Makes a Funny and Offensive Modern Warfare 2 PSA Video Then Pulls it and Appologizes — Kombo.com
Here's the story, Robert(fourzerotwo)Bowling dropped a video on Twitter and it was a youtube video named "PSA" for the Fight Against Grenade Spamming staring Phillies Pitcher Cole Hamels. So Infinity Ward basically called people who grenade spam "F.A.G.S". So of course some people got offended ...
Bullseye — GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts
Infinity Ward posted a promotional video for Modern Warfare 2 on YouTube last night. The ad features an in-game version of Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels delivering a faux public service announcement for a faux organization called Fight Against Grenade Spam (FAGS, get it?) urging ...
Cole Hamels Reminds You That Grenades are "For Pussies" [Damn] — GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts
Well. This is edgy as all get-out. Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels comes to Modern Warfare 2 to tell us that mindlessly hucking grenades is a dickbag cop-out. And then there's "Fight Against Grenade Spam," which makes a cheerful acronym. It looks like this video (NSFW language), posted by Infinity ...
Amazon Looking For "Duty-est" Town — G4 TV - TheFeed
After all the recent controversy regarding Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 , please enjoy the following friendly story about the game; it contains no controversy. Amazon.com is holding a contest looking for the "Call of Duty-est ...
Infinity Ward Pulls Modern Warfare 2 Video Amid Criticism — Gamasutra News
A viral video for Infinity Ward's upcoming Modern Warfare 2 was apparently intended to be a humorous take on the practice of grenade "spamming," but a questionable -- and to many, offensive -- use of the acronym "F.A.G.S." eventually led the studio ...
Infinity Ward Makes a Funny and Offensive Modern Warfare 2 PSA Video Then Pulls it and Appologizes — Kombo.com
Here's the story, Robert(fourzerotwo)Bowling dropped a video on Twitter and it was a youtube video named "PSA" for the Fight Against Grenade Spamming staring Phillies Pitcher Cole Hamels. So Infinity Ward basically called people who grenade spam ...