'Medal of Honor' Sells 1.5M, Gets New Multi-Player Mode
10/21/2010 03:13:00 AM
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Electronics Arts announced Tuesday that its newest "Medal of Honor" game has sold 1.5 million units since launch. The company will also add a new multi-player mode to the game on Nov. 2.The multi-player mode, dubbed Clean Sweep, is free for those who purchased the game; an online pass code is enclosed. It is an elimination mode where players must rely on their own skill and teammates' expertise to prevail as the winning team, EA said. It's playable across two new maps, Bagram Hangar and Khyber Caves, as well as redesigned versions of the Diwagal Camp and Kabul City Ruins maps.
It will be available Nov. 2 via Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Network.
"Medal of Honor" - a first-person shooter game set in Afghanistan - launched in the U.S. on Oct. 12 and the Europe and Asia this week. It has since sold 1.5 million copies, which John Ricitiello, chief executive at EA, said in a Fox Business TV segment generated $100 million.
Microsoft's "Halo: Reach," meanwhile, generated $200 million in sales in its first 24 hours in the U.S. and Europe.
"Medal of Honor" ran into a bit of controversy before its release. EA ditched plans to include a "Taliban" option in multi-player mode. Instead, players can choose to side with either American forces or the renamed "Opposing Force."
The move came about a month after the game was banned from 49 Gamestop locations and all Post Exchanges on U.S. military bases worldwide due to the Taliban feature. Greg Goodrich, the game's executive producer, said in a blog post that EA got rid of the Taliban option out of respect for American soldiers and their families.
Former lawyer and video game violence activist Jack Thompson also tried to block the sale of the game. In a September letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Thompson said that the game shouldn't be sold "on the basis that it poses a demonstrable danger to our troops by providing a training tool for those who wish to kill them."
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