This week there are some big and small stories. I'm not adding the weekend deals anymore because I'm planning to make a separate post every Friday evening with some more places where you can get some good deals.
Hot News
Infinity Ward temporary removed the map “Favela” from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 due to complaints from the Islamic gaming community. In that map there was a picture frame with a quote from Mohammed. This frame was hanging above a toilet and for the Islam it's forbidden to say anything about the Islam religion in bathrooms - "a disrespectful place". They forced Infinity Ward to take action or they would boycott all their future upcoming product. The texture is by now removed from the game.
Personally, you can't really expect an American video games artist who speaks only English to be able to differentiate Arabic from a pattern, hell if I saw that I would imagine that it was a badly drawn glazed frame. ~ Matuka
Other game news
Team Fortress 2 - Man vs Machine is getting it's first major update and is of course completely free. It adds two new tours, new loot and has a improved matchmaking system.
Valve needs your help, they are searching for playtesters for both released and unreleased versions of their games as well as play around with some of the hardware prototypes. Make sure to fill in the survey if you live in or around Seattle/Bellevue area.
The release of the new Mechromancer class for Borderlands 2 was a nice surprise, she came a week earlier then announced. And to stay with Borderlands 2 they also announced that next week - October 16 is the day when the new dlc expansion comes out, and it’s all about pirates.
Some Crysis 3 multiplayer gameplay has been released with some exciting details behind Hunter Mode, Crash Site and the NY Feed.
Riot Games is one happy company with more then 70 million registered players and an amazing 32 million active players. Check the full detail here.
