Call of Duty Premiere 使命的召唤首映
[audio]http://file.24en.com/bbc/tae/assets_2215795/bbc_tae_238_call_of_duty_premiere_au_bb.mp3[/audio][color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px][p=21, 2, left]Thousands of UK [b]gamers[/b] queued into the night for the launch of what may be the world’s most[b]anticipated[/b] video game.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Video game retailers opened at midnight to sell the first copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, a game which is widely expected to [b]shatter sales records[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]The latest instalment in the Call of Duty [b]franchise [/b]was officially launched in the UK at a cinema in Leicester Square in the heart of London’s West End, a site usually reserved for the premiere of [b]Hollywood[/b][b] blockbusters[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]Actors dressed as soldiers [b]patrolled[/b] the square while British celebrities joined gamers to take part in [b]multiplayer[/b] sessions of the game.[/p][float=right][img=226,170]http://www.24en.com/d/file/bbc/bbc2/2009-11-12/22b7f9d5a0da3324598b87d226793f43.jpg[/img][p=30, 2, left]Critics call them violent, but gamers love to play games like this[/p][/float]
[p=21, 2, left]The game, which is [b]tipped[/b] to sell more than a million copies in the UK in its first week of release, features astonishing [b]graphics [/b]and exciting[b]gameplay[/b] as the player [b]takes on [/b]a group of [b]ultra-nationalist[/b] Russian terrorists.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Predictably, the game has provoked a certain amount of[b]criticism[/b] as it is extremely violent and features a [b]controversial[/b] scene in which civilians are killed at an airport.[/p][p=21, 2, left]One British [b]MP[/b] has attacked the game in the press, describing his "absolute shock" at the violence portrayed in the game.[/p][p=21, 2, left]However, another MP has defended the game by setting up a group on a[b]social-networking website[/b] which describes itself as "una[url=http://d.24en.com/s/?wd=sham]sham[/url]edly pro-video games" and which aims to "discuss how UK video gamers can find their voice in newspapers and government".[/p][p=21, 2, left]More [b]cynical[/b] observers have said that the game’s developers deliberately included the scene in which civilians are [url=http://d.24en.com/s/?wd=massacre]massacre[/url]d in order to [b]stir up[/b] controversy, knowing that this will generate a huge amount of free [b]publicity[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]Whatever people’s views on violence in computer games, the game is[b]flying off the shelves[/b] around the UK and is expected to generate $400m (2,700m yuan) globally for its publishers.[/p][/size][/font][/color]
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