Venezuelan President Ticked at Pandemic

Submitted by mattbarton.exe on Thu, 05/25/2006 - 20:53

Kotaku is reporting about an an interesting diplomatic incident involving the Venezuelan president and Pandemic's upcoming game Mercenaries 2: World In Flames. Apparently, the game has players taking out a "tyrant" in Venezuela, who the current president, Hugo Chavez, alleges is meant to represent his administraiton. Be sure to check the comments to see the replies to the post from Pandemic.

I'm glad you posted it. I

Submitted by Chico Queiroz on Thu, 05/25/2006 - 22:07.

I'm glad you posted it. I was going to do the same, but based on this gamasutra report. Games, politics and Latin America... Again! This continent is on fire, lately.

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