Game footage leaked from Activision’s Modern Warfare 2 shows a sequence where players become terrorists shooting civilians in an airport, raising eyebrows and prompting the publisher to respond. As AP reports, the footage is from a mission in the game that Activision had anticipated may be disturbing. The publisher and developer Infinity Ward inserted a warning in the game displayed before the mission to give players an option not to play the sequence.
Activision released a statement in response to the leaked video and ensuing media inquiries. The publisher says the footage is not representative of the whole game, and that the scene in question is there to show the atrocities of terrorism. Read more at AP {link no longer active}.
