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<font face="verdana" color="black"> At this moment in time, as I'm sure you know, NATO forces are fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. The Taliban are an armed force of terrorists that commit atrocities daily. They kill civilians almost for sport. They are waging a guerilla war against UK and USA forces. Bomb disposal teams are in a living hell, IED's are practically everywhere. Around 7,500 IED's were used in 2009 in Afghanistan.

United Kingdom Defence Secretary Liam Fox:


Medal Of Honor takes place in Helmand Province. This is the 'hot-point' of the Taliban. However, they can't bomb it since civilians are there as well. The war is tough and difficult. The people in the land are in terror of the Taliban and are murdered and abused by them. In Medal Of Honor Multiplayer (unsure about Single Player) you may play as the Taliban. This has caused outrage in the United Kingdom and some gamers living in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries have felt physically sick and couldn't move due to disgust after seeing the characters on screen. The Game is likely to be banned in the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom Defence Secretary Liam Fox:


Personally, I'll probably buy the game (if I can), however, I do see these points and while I believe that video games shouldn't be considered in terms of morality as reality I do understand and I'll probably only be slightly uncomfortable about killing United Kingdom Soldiers. However, in previous hit games such as the Call Of Duty series, you've been able to kill United States soldiers. These games haven't been banned in the USA.

To tell the truth, I hope that Medal Of Honor won't be banned in the UK. It's one of the biggest and greatest game series of all time and I'm excited that it's making a comeback. The United States Army is working directly with it, from a professional point of view it's had the best trailers for a video game yet. However, the Defence Secretary will have a lot of leeway and it's definitely possible that UK gamers won't see the game hit their shelves.

Compare and Contrast:
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Taliban forces in reality.

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Taliban forces in-game.

EA's response to the matter:


What do you think?

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Its a game **** people take it to seriously these days.

I think they should change it because rmies in the UK don't fight for nothing, they fight for their country so I'm sure they won't want a huge game like MOH to work with the Tahilban(spell fail?) in the game. Well, I wouldn't.

All I can really say on how to explain this is "really?!?!?!?!?!"
It is a game, nothing less, what is there to draw the line between CoD4 and the war in iraq?
It condones no more violence than the next shooter nor does it seem any different from the next shooter, if anything it would pass in my opinion as anti-taliban propaganda...
As in all MoHs I have played (since PS1) you've been on the "good" side AKA american/UK side...
I call BS against the UK goverments...

So you all call BS? You think that glorifying the Taliban in-game is a valid thing to do? You kill as them and the public has no idea about what actually happens in the war. Modern Warfare 2 may have been banned if they'd killed English or American civilians in the No Russian mission. In the eyes of the government it is glorifying the terrorists. These people are cruel and evil.

Lol. No MOH for the UK.

its a game.

You have entirely and completely, missed my point. Congratulations sir. Glorifying doesn't have to take place in real life. If you're American, consider a level where you would perform 9/11. See what I'm talking about?

the us is also in this war and it will def not be banning this game it shouldnt matter its a game they want to base it on real events

its bound to be in the uk as they are taking preorders at shops. + northern Ireland doesn't give a **** as we had the troubles killed lots of us. we got over it we are used to it