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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Blackwater announced for Kinect, based on PMC group.

    505 Games announced a new first-person shooter called Blackwater today, based on the controversial private military contractor. The game is due this fall and has an option to use Kinect for its control method.
    Jun 07, 2011 3:00pm PDT
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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Blackwater announced for Kinect, based on PMC group.

    505 Games announced a new first-person shooter called Blackwater today, based on the controversial private military contractor. The game is due this fall and has an option to use Kinect for its control method. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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    • LOL : AlexXdude
    • Hahaa right. Controversy ahoy! : NitriumThis person is cool!
    • I guess the issue is that I hate advertising through games, and advertising for the military through game... : danielbrauer
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      Surely you must be joking... : dedgecko
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        They aren't, and don't call me Shirley : thejay247
        • he didn't, he called you Surely : NastyNormanThis person is cool!
    • ....seriously? : Happy Doodle Muffin
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      Can't wait til I get to the part where I can lock a female employee up in a shipping crate. This act... : ThresherThis person is cool!
      • Can't wait to get 50G for acting the whole thing out. : MerconiumThis person is cool!
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        That wasn't Blackwater, that was Halliburton http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=3977702&page=1 Howev... : jccalhounThis person is cool!
        • fucking-A :( : GloriousCowThis person is cool!
        • Ah, thanks for the correction. One scumbag corporation is as good as another I guess. : ThresherThis person is cool!
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          What, exactly, is a rape kit? : Herman Toothrot
          • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_kit : Godhatesfatpeople
          • -Small tactical knife -Duct tape -Rags -Chloroform -Tennis ball (for putting in mouth) -Condoms (per... : Perturbation
    • this is fucking disgusting : ETPC1
    • hahaha : jrsXThis person is cool!
    • Hilarious. : Dr_Cube
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      I'll play this if it's good. Fuck the politically correct people. : PhreakinThis person is cool!
      • Fucking A. Mercs are mercs, for better and worse. : utgaardsloke
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        actually I don't think this is about political correctness. It's about these assholes being civilian kill... : omwibya
        • Only politically correct people are against that sort of thing. You don't know, man, You weren't there! : master_disaster_17
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          All mercs (and US soldiers) had it In Iraq, not just BW. And have BW killed more civvies than the regular... : utgaardsloke
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            True the military has almost certainly killed more civilians than Blackwater. However, members of the mil... : jccalhounThis person is cool!
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              because they want to serve their country or as a way to a better life through pay, benefits, and tuiti... : Remsen
              • Because BW isn't responsible to anyone. They aren't bound by the Geneva Conventions. They have a record... : ThresherThis person is cool!
              • I think I was trying to make a distinction between the people and the institutions. Regardless, I was ov... : jccalhounThis person is cool!
    • Hahaha : Fenring42
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      But PMCs are the bad guys in games... : Earl Greigh
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        War changed. : Fenring42
        • But war never changes... Or did it? : VivaMachete
    • Blackwater: Baghdad Gouranga. : devpaul
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      I wonder if this will be in the game. http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/3885 : Digital_Bath
      • only if the game was like evil genius : omwibya
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      Play the CEO or mercenary hireling! Personally murder your employees involved in an investigation of your... : BooSpacehamster
      • As the CEO, in the prologue DLC, you get to flee to Saudi Arabia and build a shadow army of mercenaries t... : AlexXdude
    • [fry] just popped a chub : opengl128This person is cool!
    • Can I abuse international law and disregard the Geneva Convention? : Rice-RocketeerThis person is cool!
    • Blackwater can go to hell! : gmoneyThis person is cool!
    • So its like Jagged Alliance but "based on real events" to get more press : quazarThis person is cool!
    • So the game is about killing civilians and stealing money I guess? : askedrelicThis person is cool!
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      Legendary developer 505 Games behind such classics as: Naughty Bear Hop: The Movie: The Game Suprema... : Godhatesfatpeople
      • They're also publishing my game, dam : johnlocks
    • Finally, I can live out my dreams of gunning down civilians and then stand behind the US government for p... : Jayrossss
    • So can you gun down innocent Iraqis and lose your fat government contract? : Lone SwordsmanThis person is cool!
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      A game about pretending to kill people? This absolutely sickens me. : SockMonkehThis person is cool!
      • I now rite? Call the morality police! : utgaardsloke
    • I hope it uses the latest version of the GHOUL body damage system! I really, REALLY would like a good seq... : jtthe2nd
    • Yeah, not going to buy a game if those fuckers get any profit from it. : Fred GarvinThis person is cool!
    • I thought that read this game is due to fail : MadwackerThis person is cool!
    • Sad to see a studio willing to take money to whitewash a bunch of criminals. : paketepThis person is cool!
    • haha that's awesome. : Perturbation
    • lol this game will be awful in every way : xsii
    • PMC's trying to fight their bad public image with gamers, after they tried to kill Solid Snake, Sam Fishe... : Chipwarrior
    • paid for by Blackwater probably : thebigbeefsandwich
    • Fuck everything about this and Xe. : simulant
    • Yay! More Zombies, not kidding I can't wait to see how this turns out! : InfernoAblaze