Modern Warfare 3 developer plays down 9/11 imagery

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Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling has said the Russian attack on New York City in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will not evoke imagery of 9/11.

Bowling was grilled by msxbox-world on whether he was worried that the Russian attack on New York City would cause offence.

“I’m not too worried about it because the conflict that’s raging in Modern Warfare 3 is very different from any real life scenario – because this is a war, this is a full-on Russian military invasion of the entire US that started in Modern Warfare 2,” said Bowling.

“They have already disabled Washington DC and the war has just organically been progressing off the East Coast, and New York is a major city that would… So this is very different because it’s full-on military fighting through the streets, so I think that’s going to be very clear once people play it, and get hands-on, and see what type of conflict this is, and then it spreads to the other major cities.”

Of course, Bowling neglected to remember (spoiler alert) that it was actually Captain Price that disabled Washington DC in the 10/10 scoring Modern Warfare 2 by detonating a nuclear missile in outer chuffing space.

Modern Warfare 3 will be released for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 on November 8.

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