A little too much realism, I guess

Surprise, surprise… Venezuela is pissed off at Pandemic’s upcoming video game Mercenaries 2: World in Flames.

The games predecessor, Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, had managed to piss off both Koreas and was banned in the South (and, presumably, in the North).

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4 Comments

  1. gbevers your flag
    Posted June 13, 2006 at 1:33 am | Permalink

    North Korea banned the game, too? Wow, imagine all the missed profit opportunities.

  2. madne0 your flag
    Posted June 13, 2006 at 3:40 am | Permalink

    Maybe it’s just because i live in a country that has been (almost) completely ignored by either videogames and Hollywood, but i’d be delighted if they decided to change from Venezuela to Portugal. Sure, it’d require a huge stretch of the imagination, but hey, any publicity is good publicity.

  3. Remort your flag
    Posted June 13, 2006 at 4:59 am | Permalink

    I’m just surprised the Venezuelan president hasn’t declared war on the U.S. yet. :P

    –Remort

  4. Max Watson your flag
    Posted June 14, 2006 at 2:55 am | Permalink

    I played Mercenaries for a few hours, and aside from some signs in hangul, I thought the game sucked.

    As for putting Portugal in a game, I think it’d make a great backdrop for Grand Theft Auto. You get drunk on Oporto, then seek revenge on all the Brits that are buying vacation properties.

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