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Why Call of Duty WW2 Bosses Won't 'Shy Away' from History

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday November 04 2017, @12:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the executives,-not-level-bosses dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Bosses of the new Call of Duty game say they "touch on some really dark subject matter" in the new release.

The makers say creating a title based on a conflict that claimed about 60 million lives has been a challenge.

It's been 10 years since the Call of Duty franchise based a game during World War Two.

"In no way do you want to glorify violence, but at the same time you can't ignore it," says Sledgehammer Games co-founder Michael Condrey.

"We spent a lot of time working on the right balance."

[...] "It would be insincere not to touch on what was really happening," Michael explains.

"From the politics at the time, segregation among the allies, the role of women, to the Holocaust.

"By turning away from them we would not have brought the right level of awareness or be able to honour what was really happening.

Fine, but they better not cut the classic wise-cracking Brooklynite from the squad or Call of Duty and me are done.

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  • (Score: 2) by mrpg on Saturday November 04 2017, @12:59AM (5 children)

    by mrpg (5708) <{mrpg} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Saturday November 04 2017, @12:59AM (#591966) Homepage
    I got this when visiting your link:

    Google News in Spain

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    In not in Spain but my browser is in Spanish.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday November 04 2017, @01:14AM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Saturday November 04 2017, @01:14AM (#591980) Journal

    https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/3/16602680/call-of-duty-wwii-loot-boxes [polygon.com]
    https://www.gamespot.com/articles/heres-the-call-of-duty-ww2-quest-to-watch-players-/1100-6454619/ [gamespot.com]
    http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/11/03/call-of-duty-ww2-mission-makes-you-watch-people-open-loot-boxes [ign.com]
    https://gamerant.com/call-of-duty-ww2-loot-boxes/ [gamerant.com]

    I've noticed over the last year just how clickbait-y Forbes is with their headlines compared to other outlets... while having an adwall:

    https://archive.fo/6q0JK [archive.fo]

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Arik on Saturday November 04 2017, @01:20AM (2 children)

    by Arik (4543) on Saturday November 04 2017, @01:20AM (#591985) Journal
    This is why google links are not actually web links, they're noise pollution and should be filtered as such

    They don't point to a document. The same link will give you and I different results. They'll give me different results when I open a different browser, for that matter. They are counterfeit URLs.
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    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 04 2017, @01:45AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 04 2017, @01:45AM (#591996)

      I'm fine with that, as it gives me insights into other people's interests.

      Like when a politician or company executive, completely clueless about how Google Search optimizes for each particular user, complains that the first page of results is full of porn and pirate links. Geez, I wonder why :D

      It's right up there with posting browser screenshots with porn in background tabs...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 07 2017, @09:40AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 07 2017, @09:40AM (#593578)
      Google links ain't noise pollution.
      Google links are here to stay.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 04 2017, @01:53AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 04 2017, @01:53AM (#591999)

    Append ?hl=en if you want English.