(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Developers Danger Close came up with a very realistic looking game called Medal of Honor: Warfighter. They have contracted seven Navy SEALs, in which they can observe and include it into the game.



Consequences will be faced as the Navy SEALs will be put under investigation for giving out classified information. Right now they are in a very danger situation, and could lead to a loss in their job. The DoD (Department of Defense) has cut their pays in half for the next 2 months while this is under investigation and have reprimand stamped on their files.

EA has tried to defend their case, "We are not aware of any rules that oblige EA to vet the game with the Department of Defense, and we don’t know if veterans who consulted on the game have been in contact with the Department of Defense." Apparently they have not followed the normal process of this. Other than that, EA has told us that they will not stop selling the games from any retailers, "There are no plans to recall Medal of Honor Warfighter from store shelves and we have no plans to alter the content contributed by combat veterans in the game. We have no further comments."

A statement was released to the DoD which included the charges and violations. "A non-judicial punishment hearing was conducted yesterday, Nov. 7 and seven Naval Special Warfare (NSW) personnel faced administrative proceedings. An additional NSW investigation is ongoing to determine if more personnel may be involved.


They are being charged with violation of Article 92: Orders violation, misuse of command gear and violation of Article 92: Dereliction of duty, disclosure of classified material.


Two Senior Chief Special Operators and five Chief Special Operators received the punishment. They received a punitive letter of reprimand and forfeiture of ½ month’s pay for two months."

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sh*t just got serius

I saw this one on the wire earlier. Video games, like movies, books, and other media, have a narrative element as well as relationships with "real life," add in an interest in the players to play through scenes that are relevant to them and you have a case for going to the military to get the best you can get.

This means that once and a while something otherwise unknown to the public at large might find its way into a video game. It's not often that you end up seeing the investigation to public when it happens to be confidential information, but it seems to me that video games would be the first source of that.

Although, if it were a Tom Clancy book, chances are we wouldn't be posting about it on a video game site.

Its their life,I feel they can speak what they saw IMO!

If Tom Clancy can get away with making military fiction: I don't see why real active duty soldiers can't contribute to the gaming community as well. Hell, it'll give some authenticity to shooters these days rather than this pseudo-scare of an extremist Russian terrorist group bent on taking over the world (I'm looking at you, Activision).

Wow really?so much stuff is leaked anyway, for everything.