Switch Lights

The lights are on

GameInformer

What's Happening

archangelus76 commented on ChangeOfFate's post about re: How To Dominate In Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer.
Stealth20k commented on Jim Reilly's post about Konami Teases Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow Sequel.
Stealth20k commented on Jim Reilly's post about Konami Teases Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow Sequel.
archangelus76 commented on 2pacalypse's post about re: How To Dominate In Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer.
Samo commented on Dan Ryckert's post about Super Replay: Half-Life: Episode 7.
Darkmightyaj commented on Tim Turi's post about Replay: Mischief Makers.
archangelus76 commented on KazanCurry's post about re: How To Dominate In Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer.
archangelus76 commented on The Edge's post about re: How To Dominate In Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer.
archangelus76 commented on Jake Fong's post about re: How To Dominate In Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer.
archangelus76 commented on Rumo13's post about re: How To Dominate In Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer.
archangelus76 commented on Kyle Hilliard's post about The Upcoming Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Bounty Weekend Detailed.
Bozzie commented on Jim Reilly's post about Reports: 38 Studios Lays Off Staff.
archangelus76 commented on Elfstrum's post about re: Mass Effect 3: Rebellion Pack Announced.
Bozzie commented on Jim Reilly's post about Reports: 38 Studios Lays Off Staff.
RMPR commented on Dan Ryckert's post about Super Replay: Half-Life: Episode 7.

Call of Duty Pulled From Stores In Norway Following Breivik Tragedy

News

by Matt Helgeson on August 02, 2011 at 02:03 PM

16,073 Views

113

Two major Norwegian retailers have pulled Activision's Call of Duty and other titles from the shelves in the wake of the tragic attacks carried out by Anders Breivik.

One chain, called the Coop commented on the action, "'In light of Friday's horrific events, and out of respect for those affected, we have chosen to remove selected items from our range."

The Coop pulled Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: World at War Platinum, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Classic, Homefront, Sniper: Ghost Warrior, Counter-Strike Source, and World of Warcraft.

Another Norwegian chain, Platekompaniet, also pulled unspecified titles from store shelves.

In spite of the fact that Breivik was not a fan of first-person shooters in general, he did claim to have used Modern Warfare 2 as "part of my training simulation…You can more or less completely simulate actual operations."

Breivik was a gamer, but his tastes ran more towards RPGs and fantasy. He was an avowed World of Warcraft player and claimed to have used a supposed "addiction" to WoW as cover story for the time he spent plotting the massacre.

Source: Metro UK

Email the author Matt Helgeson, or follow on Twitter, and Game Informer.

Filed under: News, Activision, call of duty, retail, massacre, anders breivik, bomb, norway, shooting

Comments

sort by date:

by chsmn775 Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:08 PM

There's one country I won't ever be living in....
by Rain Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:09 PM

As expected. I think it is crazy, but what can you do, eh?
by Conman315 Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:09 PM

Anders had problems before he started playing games, correlation does not equal causation
by cmanwitaplan Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:09 PM

Really sad. The events, not the games being pulled, of course. My prayers for the people affected.
by loverofgames Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:09 PM

They are just trying to make a common enemy for the puiblic to blame and the FIRST one to blame is video games. Heart of Gaming: Suck My Words best describes this.
by LiPS Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:11 PM

I didnt see that Halo got pulled. Thank goodness.
by reidloS doG Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:13 PM

That's stupid.

Really stupid.

I'm happy the conservatives in the U.S. haven't reacted THIS intense when a school shooting has taken place. Makes me feel slightly good about the fact I can still play my video games.

I really hope I don't see fanboys from a specific game in this article's comment section. I do not mention the name because usually saying it ignites a war.
by Leprosy Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:14 PM

/facepalm.
by db83 Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:14 PM

The only tragedy here is that the whole country is going to be censored because of one nut job.
by Yusuke Urameshi Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:17 PM

See, one psycho uses video games in a wrong way and the entire industry suffers.
by Mike Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:17 PM

the first person shooters is remotely understandable but world of warcraft? really now, should we start pulling movies, books, tv shows and anything else that relates to this
by Jeremy J. Fee Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:18 PM

People need to stop blaming video games for every tragic event that happens.
by Reginald Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:18 PM

Very understandable. Crazy people
by Naulziator Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:19 PM

*SHOCK* Now Norway's racist? (Smirk!)
by UltimateManlyMan Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:21 PM

Are you surprised?
by System of a Down Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:23 PM

Really? Censorship is fun.
by Swoosh12 Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:23 PM

I understand it but I don't like it. It paints gamers in a bad light.
by eyros2k Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:25 PM

"You can more or less completely simulate actual operations." *breaks out gigantic DERP stamp*
by Cru Hunter Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:26 PM

Whatever helps ease their pain for the time being. Kinda weird that the only way these stores can do to respect the dead is pull violent games.
by The_Irishman0523 Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 02:27 PM

From what I understand the games didn't kill anyone. Don't get me wrong my heart goes out to the families however lets blame where blame is due. Also, if they are going to pull games, pull movies, books and any other material that can "influence" people to do terrible things... there's my two cents.