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Coop removes video games from sortiment in Norway

One of the leading supermarket chains in Scandinavia has chosen to remove a total of 51 games, including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, from their sortiment after the recent attacks in Norway.

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Kran4657d ago (Edited 4657d ago )

The guy who killed 76 people played these game -

REMOVE THEM FROM NORWAY SO NOBODY CAN PLAY THEM AGAIN.

That aint going to do hardly anything. Has nobody ever heard of buying online?

potedude4657d ago

Knee-jerk reaction. That's what major chains do to look like they are actually a group who cares. Whilst it is terrible what happened in Norway, the guy would have done it had he played those games or not. He was a nutter...

sphinct4657d ago

Stupid anyway you look at it. Games don't kill people....people kill people. Now lets ban every book he ever read, every show he watched on TV, and the color of paint on the walls in his house. Then we will all be safe, right?

Grip4657d ago

it's just sad when he kills 91 ppl they blame Video games but not the Bible or himself but when muslim kill ppl they blame Quran.. when the Quran say don't kill Innocent..

SilentNegotiator4657d ago

I hear this guy played a round of golf once. And drank a glass of milk.

We should probably pile up all of the cows like they have mad cow disease and burn them on the driving ranges.

seinfan4657d ago

Did you know the guy exists? Existence promotes terrorism.

NukaCola4656d ago

We are bowling for Columbine here. You can just blame video games for the evil choices of humans.

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JellyJelly4657d ago (Edited 4657d ago )

I bet he read books and watched movies as well. Nothing media showed any interest in though, since it's considered more high brow.

DarkTower8054657d ago

Yup, a book will always have a greater impact on the mind than other forms of media. That's why people study what books serial killers have read.

Grip4657d ago

he is anti-muslim.. he is Racist they should put the blame on him not on Video games nor the Bible..

Silly Mammo4657d ago

Instead of getting rid of video games, how about getting rid of religion, history books about the Crusades and Templars; and some of these right-wing white, extremist groups? Oh wait! That would be infringing on the rights of Norwegian citizens. Better just get rid of video games.

Boletarian4657d ago

I wrote yesterday in a post that I think it's wrong that people are looking to blame something other than the guy who actually did it. Those people are extremely different from this guy. They think all humans are essentially good but are corrupted by something. They're trying to understand what caused this man to do what he did. I personally think that he is 100 percent responsible for what he did and nothing else is to blame - not video games, not religion, not books, not politics, not even the way he was raised.

Anyone who can pick up a gun and kill 80 or so people is not a man worth understanding. Put him down like the rabid dog he is and move on with your day.

snipes1014657d ago

Saw a totally ill conceived, knee jerk, accusatory response to this coming a mile away. The guy was a maniac. The fact that he said he could get any kind of effective training from a COD game is laughable.

Have someone from the military play the game and they'll be quick to inform you that, no your health does not regenerate when you get shot 5 times by and assault rifle and that no, you can't sprint all over hell for extended periods in full combat gear.

Goddamn people outside of the video game world can do such stupid things.

subtenko4656d ago

People should message the people who did this and show them how ignorant and dumb they are for doing this. People shouldnt get away with ignorance, inform them! Let them know that this is BS.

Agree or Disagree if you Agree

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belal4657d ago

what!?! lol i am from norway but this is silly lol....

MasterD9194657d ago

Its ridiculous to let other people decide what you can and cannot play.

Thats why they can't pull this b.s. here.

Hockeydud194657d ago

I love how governments control. I mean their just people just like everyone else. Why should they make descision for everyone else.

vortis4657d ago

Um, because they were elected to do so. The purpose of a Government is to oversee and protect the people that elected them to do so.

If people weren't generally retarded they would be able to take care of themselves. But since most people are retarded (selfish, ignorant, fools) they need Governments to make stupid decisions for them.

Ares844657d ago

Hey I think they should ban food and water and clothes as well because I'm pretty sure that the killer ate, drink and wore clothes.

What an idiotic thing to do. Just goes to show how backwards people really are.

Kee4657d ago

Haha. That's ridiculous.

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Players claim Fortnite ruined Call of Duty by letting in more corporate greed

Do you remember what gaming was like before Fortnite entered the gaming space? One of the biggest arguments was about loot boxes. Now we have conversations about crossovers, battle passes, and community outreach.

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GoodGuy0911d ago (Edited 11d ago )

Idk. Loot boxes did disappear and battle passes and in game purchases are all cosmetic. We get free weapons and maps post launch, any gameplay affecting content. I could care less about all the cosmetics.
I absolutely hated the days where weapons were locked behind a less than 1% chance lootbox pull where it'd take 5+ hours to have enough tokens to do a single pull and lazy remastered/remake maps cost you $15 each wave or $50 for the season pass that you didn't know what you'd get and these maps were only available to those that bought it so you get a smaller pool of players match with.

Tacoboto10d ago

The "good ole days" are actually what drove me away from COD and Halo 3/Reach. Halo 4 becoming a COD-like drove me away from that only a week or so after it launched and I beat its campaign.

It sucked way back then, going a month or two without playing online-shooter-of-the-moment, and then needing to buy a $15 map pack to play with the majority of the population or your favorite playlist. The "community" rejecting Spartan Points in MCC killed that game's support, too. No revenue = no support, plain and simple.

Cacabunga9d ago

That headline could easily be something Spencer could have said 😅 I had to check if it was really an opinion piece

KyRo9d ago

As times gone on, the COD battle pass has got ALOT worse so they can push people to buy the more premium battle pass which itself is a huge rip off and nearly half the price of the base game.

The cosmetics can be fine but they've taken it to far to the point of no return. Why make a military themed game then have rabbits, dinosaurs, cats, rats & z list rappers as skins? You wouldn't add a Lamborghini to a fantasy RPG to replace a horse and you would never see Mario have limb dismemberment because they know what they are. COD is having identity crisis but kids and streamer but then all

franwex10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

Call of duty can simply not copy the bad aspects of Fortnite? Or is that too out of this world? Like COD, a realistic shooter-just HAD to have Nicki Minaj running around? Or super heroes?

Inverno10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

Exactly! Trends don't all need to be followed. Plus where Fortnite got somewhat better with it's monetization, Acti got worse. Or at least Fortnite has lended itself more to the wacky stuff, and has put more effort and quality into that stuff.

jjb198110d ago

I prefer the battle passes with free maps than the $50 season pass that divided the community. I definitely feel that Fortnite had some influence on CoD having loot boxes with Blackout being introduced in 2018 with Black Ops 4.

PRIMORDUS10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

Actually Fortnite bullshit ruined Unreal Tournament. Epic are sellouts and I will never have that shitty store on my PC, fuck them and that shit bag Tim Sweeney. At least the community keeps the games alive, I still play UT2004.

StoneTitan9d ago

I mean cant really blame them for supporting the game that made them the most money and the most people player...ever?

Psychonaut8510d ago

Call of Duty ruined Call of Duty. They needed no outside assistance.

Ra30309d ago

100% correct! The makers of Call of Duty ran out of ideas long, long ago so they take ideas from other games like Ghost Recon, Fortnite and any other FPS game hat had success hell CoD remasters maps that they've remastered several times already then charge you again for it. Call of Duty is simply a cut, copy and paste and then put the $70 price on it every year. Activision and now Microsoft has been essentially remastering Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare every year since it was released in 2007 its to the point it's worse than the sports game like the Madden, NBA and others yearly sports franchises.
@Psychonaut85 is spot on "Call of Duty ruined Call of Duty. They needed no outside assistance"!

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World of Warcraft Opens Beta Sign-Ups for 'The War Within'

Blizzard Entertainment has announced the opening of beta registrations for “World of Warcraft: The War Within,” inviting players to explore new subterranean worlds beneath Azeroth.

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Massive new COD Black Ops Gulf War leak lifts the lid on loadouts

The Black Ops Gulf War leaks continue with a list of weapon descriptions giving more info on what you can expect from new and returning weapons.

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