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Activision removes Tiananmen Square Massacre footage in Call of Duty trailer as China expresses distaste
(25 Aug) American video game publisher Activision has officially released a trailer for “Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War”. It has triggered a massive uproar despite being a trailer.
The trailer, by means of interviewing an ex-KGB agent from former-Soviet Union, shows various historic clips involving crackdowns in different places.
Sharp-eyed netizens found out one scene is from the Tiananmen Square protests, Chinese students, demanding freedom and democracy, climbed onto armored vehicles. Thought the trailer is simply illustrating the historical background, but the Tiananmen Square Massacre is a well-known taboo within the Chinese government. So the trailer has been quickly blocked and deleted in China.
Activision sees things aren’t going right, so they have the original trailer removed and uploaded a 1 minute version, shorter than the original 2 minutes one. The re-uploaded version has Tiananmen clips removed. The trailer removal involves the whole world, trailer on the official Youtube and Xbox channel has also been replaced.
Luckily game media like IGN, Gamespot have backed up the “disappeared” trailer.
This is not the first time “Call of Duty” crossing China’s redline. The older title “Call of Duty: Black Ops II” has been banned from all Internet café in China due to having scenes of bombing Chinese cities.
The Chinese technological giant Tencent owns 5% stock of Activision Blizzard, Activision’s parent company. It’s not a huge amount, but it’s undeniable that Activision Blizzard relies on Chinese market. Editor of kotaku mentioned he “understands releasing trailers in China requires special review. All media there are under strict control (including cooperative partners). This is the cost for doing business with China. But if there is a need to put down trailers from all around the world, you may need to pay more in the end.”
Source: 4gamers
#CallofDuty #censorship #TiananmenSquareMassacre #China
Activision removes Tiananmen Square Massacre footage in Call of Duty trailer as China expresses distaste
(25 Aug) American video game publisher Activision has officially released a trailer for “Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War”. It has triggered a massive uproar despite being a trailer.
The trailer, by means of interviewing an ex-KGB agent from former-Soviet Union, shows various historic clips involving crackdowns in different places.
Sharp-eyed netizens found out one scene is from the Tiananmen Square protests, Chinese students, demanding freedom and democracy, climbed onto armored vehicles. Thought the trailer is simply illustrating the historical background, but the Tiananmen Square Massacre is a well-known taboo within the Chinese government. So the trailer has been quickly blocked and deleted in China.
Activision sees things aren’t going right, so they have the original trailer removed and uploaded a 1 minute version, shorter than the original 2 minutes one. The re-uploaded version has Tiananmen clips removed. The trailer removal involves the whole world, trailer on the official Youtube and Xbox channel has also been replaced.
Luckily game media like IGN, Gamespot have backed up the “disappeared” trailer.
This is not the first time “Call of Duty” crossing China’s redline. The older title “Call of Duty: Black Ops II” has been banned from all Internet café in China due to having scenes of bombing Chinese cities.
The Chinese technological giant Tencent owns 5% stock of Activision Blizzard, Activision’s parent company. It’s not a huge amount, but it’s undeniable that Activision Blizzard relies on Chinese market. Editor of kotaku mentioned he “understands releasing trailers in China requires special review. All media there are under strict control (including cooperative partners). This is the cost for doing business with China. But if there is a need to put down trailers from all around the world, you may need to pay more in the end.”
Source: 4gamers
#CallofDuty #censorship #TiananmenSquareMassacre #China
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《決勝時刻》最新作《黑色行動：冷戰》中國不開心，動視偷移除天安門畫面
好像不意外