The game puts the player in the role of present-day combat troops

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Video gamers are being asked to join a Facebook group set up to help defend games from critics.

Set up by MP Tom Watson, the group aims to coordinate responses to articles in the media which, gamers claim, do not give a fair view of their hobby.
Mr Watson set up the group in reaction to comments from fellow Labour MP Keith Vaz who strongly criticised Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

The game goes on sale on 10 November and is expected to break sales records.

Quoted in the Daily Mail, Mr Vaz said he was "absolutely shocked" by the violence portrayed in the game. Modern Warfare 2 is rated 18 in the UK.
Set in a near-future scenario, Modern Warfare 2 sees The West engaged in fight for survival against Russian ultra-nationalists.

Mr Vaz's disquiet centres around one section in which undercover soldiers pose as terrorists and are asked to help shoot civilians. Footage of the section caused controversy when it was leaked onto the internet.

The MP for Leicester East pledged to raise the issue in Parliament on the day prior to the release.

Publisher Activision said the section was "not representative of overall experience". Warning screens advise players that the scene may be upsetting.
Announcing the Gamers' Voice group on Twitter, Mr Watson said the group was for gamers that want to form a pressure group.
The Facebook description of Gamers' Voice describes it as "unashamedly pro-video games".

"We aim to discuss how UK video gamers can find their voice in newspapers and government," it said.

Title challenge

More than 10,000 stores across the world, including 320 plus in the UK, are expected to open at midnight to let gamers get their hands on the title.

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