Format Xbox 360Developer Pandemic StudiosPublisher EA GamesGenre Action
Well, it wouldn't have been Mercenaries without some kind of International Incident. The first game was banned by a grumpy South Korean government appalled by the notion that - just imagine! - their fair country could be the scene of political unrest. Not to be outdone, Pandemic's follow-up, World in Flames, has ignited a political fire of Poland-invading proportions. Mercs' new Venezuelan setting hasn't gone down too well 'down under', with Venezuela's anti-imperialist presidential incumbent, Hugo Chavez, finding Mercs 2's storyline (about a tyrant messing with the country's oil reserves) a little too close to the bone. The resultant kick-off has hilariously found its way up to rocker Bono, who has a stake in Pandemic and has been accused of orchestrating the whole thing to further his political agenda. In response, Pandemic had to confirm that the US government hasn't been in contact regarding Mercs 2. Silly sausages, the lot of them. "Credit CVG"
