CoD fans split after Infinity Ward claims Modern Warfare is \u2018not political\u2019 ActivisionCall of Duty fans are seemingly divided following a number of Infinity Ward developers stating that the upcoming Modern Warfare will not be a \u201cpolitical\u201d game. As Modern Warfare\u2019s October 25 release date edges closer, information regarding the game is trickling out. One thing that has emerged recently is the lack of a \u201cpolitical\u201d stance taken by the game, in any of its modes. The first time this news broke was during Game Informer\u2019s \u2018129 Rapid Fire Questions About Call of Duty: Modern Warfare\u2019 interview. In that video, Infinity Ward\u2019s Art Director, Joel Emslie, was asked whether Modern Warfare is political. In response to Game Informer\u2019s question, Emslie simply replied: \u201cNo. We\u2019re just making a game.\u201d He then followed this up by saying it would be \u201cinsane\u201d to make a political game. However, he did describe the game\u2019s main narrative as a \u201cvery relevant contemporary war story\u201d. Adopting a similar approach to Emslie, Jacob Minkoff, the game\u2019s Campaign Gameplay Director responded: \u201cI don\u2019t think that it\u2019s a political game.\u201d Despite that, he acknowledged that the term \u201cpolitics\u201d means different things to different people, and that topics relevant to today\u2019s political landscape are touched within the game. Minkoff continued: \u201cAre we telling a story that has anything to do with the specific governments of any country that we are portraying? No. So if you\u2019re asking \u2018Is Trump in the video game?\u2019 No he isn\u2019t.\u201d Fan responses have been fairly divided to the news, with some arguing a game about \u2018modern warfare\u2019 will be inherently political, while others are pleased to see such a popular game avoiding such a divisive topic. Imagine unironically believing a war game can ever be apolitical. \u2014 Queen Adrian (@queen_adrianV) August 8, 2019 Lol just take a hard stance and say you\u2019re making a political game instead of lying \u2014 Citrus :tangerine: (@citrusthenerd) August 8, 2019 Love that they are trying not to be political https:\/\/t.co\/txVW5M6BkC \u2014 Craniusmaxximus (@craniusmaxximus) August 10, 2019 H\/T: ComicBook There has been much speculation about Modern Warfare\u2019s specific setting, with many questioning whether the game will comment on relevant themes, or try and offer some political commentary on modern wars. 2017\u2019s Call of Duty: WWII was criticized by some for the inclusion of female soldiers in Multiplayer, due to historical inaccuracy. Some perceived this as political influence within video games, and a need to conform to political correctness. However, it seems that Infinity Ward are not too interested in politics, and are just focused on making an immersive, enjoyable game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CoD fans split after Infinity Ward claims Modern Warfare is \u2018not political\u2019 ActivisionCall of Duty fans are seemingly divided following a number of Infinity Ward developers stating that the upcoming Modern Warfare will not be a \u201cpolitical\u201d game. As Modern Warfare\u2019s October 25 release date edges closer, information regarding the game is trickling out. One […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}