Source: Gamesutra
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Despite receiving only two complaints, the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ordered that a television advert for Midway’s
Strangehold is not to be broadcast again in its current form due to it “encouraging and condoning violence”.
According to the ASA, the television advert showed “a prolonged shoot-out between four men” with a voiceover stating that "Honour is his code. Vengeance is his mission. Violence is his only option. John Woo presents Stranglehold. The next generation of action gaming has arrived". On screen text indicated that the images were “not actual game footage,” and prominently displayed an “18” age rating logo at the end of the sequence.
Jan 16, 2008, 02:29 PM
