wraggster
April 1st, 2020, 11:06
Russian PS4 owners will not be able to download Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered.
GameSpot (https://www.gamespot.com/articles/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-remastered-declined-/1100-6475458/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f) reports that Sony declined to sell the game, which is currently a digital-only release, through the PlayStation Store in the region.
Neither Activision nor Sony appear to have specified the reason, but it's a safe bet it's due to the inclusion of Modern Warfare 2's infamous 'No Russian' mission, which puts players at the centre of a mass shooting at a Moscow airport.
The level caused controversy when the game was first released in 2009, resulting in Modern Warfare 2 being pulled from shelves (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/mw2-recalled-in-russia-over-terrorism-level).
Activision later removed this section from the Russian release (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/activision-chose-to-remove-mw2-airport-level-for-russia), but it has been reinstated for the remaster.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-04-01-sony-declines-to-sell-call-of-duty-in-russia-again
GameSpot (https://www.gamespot.com/articles/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-remastered-declined-/1100-6475458/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f) reports that Sony declined to sell the game, which is currently a digital-only release, through the PlayStation Store in the region.
Neither Activision nor Sony appear to have specified the reason, but it's a safe bet it's due to the inclusion of Modern Warfare 2's infamous 'No Russian' mission, which puts players at the centre of a mass shooting at a Moscow airport.
The level caused controversy when the game was first released in 2009, resulting in Modern Warfare 2 being pulled from shelves (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/mw2-recalled-in-russia-over-terrorism-level).
Activision later removed this section from the Russian release (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/activision-chose-to-remove-mw2-airport-level-for-russia), but it has been reinstated for the remaster.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-04-01-sony-declines-to-sell-call-of-duty-in-russia-again