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Medal of Honor’s Taliban Controversy Almost Led to Producer’s Resignation

After announcing Medal of Honor: Warfighter, the sequel to 2010’s Medal of Honor reboot, producer Greg Goodrich has talked about the controversy regarding the mention of Talibans in the previous game’s multiplayer mode. Medal of Honor wanted to realistically portray missions of select Tier 1 Operations, ...

1 March 2012
19:31 GMT

Medal of Honor – Sand Is the Real Star Here

Medal of Honor is the new first person shooter from developers Danger Close and DICE and publisher Electronic Arts, taking the player to the battlefields of Afghanistan and putting him in the dessert combat boots of a variety of characters that engage the Taliban after the events of September 11, 2001.One of the main...

22 October 2010
19:11 GMT

Medal of Honor Sold 1.5 Million Copies, Says EA

Publisher Electronic Arts has stated that their first person shooter Medal of Honor has managed to sell more than 1.5 million units worldwide in its first five days since it was released on the United States market.The Chief Executive Officer of the company, John Ricitiello, says that the new game in the franchise ha...

21 October 2010
04:28 GMT

Medal of Honor – Don't Call Me Rabbit

Medal of Honor is the new first person shooter from developers Danger Close and DICE and publisher Electronic Arts, taking the player to the battlefields of Afghanistan and putting him in the dessert combat boots of a variety of characters that engage the Taliban after the events of September 11, 2001.Let me show you...

20 October 2010
18:41 GMT

Medal of Honor – Stiff Necks, Tier 1 Operators and Call of Duty

Medal of Honor is the new first person shooter from developers Danger Close and DICE and publisher Electronic Arts, taking the player to the battlefields of Afghanistan and putting him in the dessert combat boots of a variety of characters that engage the Taliban after the events of September 11, 2001.After a brief c...

18 October 2010
18:41 GMT

One Hour With: Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor is the new big title from Electronic Arts, a reboot of a franchise which once competed with Call of Duty and has ambitions of reclaiming the first person shooter crown from Treyarch, Infinity Ward and Activision.Here are a few observations taken from my first hour with the game:13:00. At least the intr...

14 October 2010
18:11 GMT

Medal of Honor Multiplayer Will Be Very Different from Battlefield 2

A developer working on Medal of Honor, the new first person shooter from Electronic Arts, has said that the team at DICE has worked hard to make sure that the game will be as different as possible when compared to their other first person shooter franchise, Battlefield 2: Bad Company.Greg Goodrich, who is the senior ...

6 October 2010
06:04 GMT

Medal of Honor Is Rooted in Respect for the Soldier, Says Developer

Greg Goodrich, the executive producer working on the new Medal of Honor first person shooter, has announced that the multiplayer section of the game will no longer use the Taliban name for the side which confronts United States soldiers, with the “Opposing Force” nation used instead throughout the game.Th...

5 October 2010
16:31 GMT

Medal of Honor Drops Taliban from Multiplayer

Publisher Electronic Arts, alongside developers DICE and EALA, has announced that the multiplayer component of the Medal of Honor first person shooter will no longer feature the Taliban name, with the enemies of United States and NATO forces now being simply labeled as “Opposing Force”.In a statement post...

4 October 2010
05:54 GMT

Military Shooter Controversy Is Unfair, Says Treyarch

Mark Lamia, who is the leader of the team working on Call of Duty: Black Ops at developer Treyarch, has said that it is unfair on the part of the media to single out video games as controversial because they they touch on significant historical or ongoing events, while other forms of media to the same thing and no on...

27 September 2010
16:41 GMT

Taliban Medal of Honor Controversy Was Newspaper Created, Says EA CEO

John Riccitiello, who is the Chief Executive Officer of publisher Electronic Arts, has defended the company's upcoming release Medal of Honor, which has created a bit of a media storm when a mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan claimed that the game was disrespectful for allowing gamers to take on the role ...

16 September 2010
16:51 GMT

GameStop Will Not Sell the New Medal of Honor Near Army Bases

GameStop, one of the biggest sources for video games sales in the United States, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with the military that will see no sales or advertising for the upcoming Medal of Honor take place near army bases because of the sensitive nature of the events depicted in the new firs...

3 September 2010
06:06 GMT

Central Interference: UK Politician Disgusted and Angry Because Of Medal of Honor

Another politician has chosen to show his thorough misunderstanding of the gaming medium and the current times we live in. He is Liam Fox, United Kingdom's Defense Secretary, who is revolted at Medal of Honor's multiplayer mode where some of the players have to play as the Taliban. Fox urged UK retailers to...

23 August 2010
05:18 GMT


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