[00:00.00] | Thousands of UK gamers queued into the night |
[00:03.70] | for the launch of what may be the world’s most anticipated video game. |
[00:08.06] | Video game retailers opened at midnight to sell the first copies of |
[00:12.14] | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, |
[00:14.98] | a game which is widely expected to shatter sales records. |
[00:20.35] | The latest instalment in the Call of Duty franchise |
[00:23.02] | was officially launched in the UK |
[00:25.21] | at a cinema in Leicester Square in the heart of London’s West End, |
[00:29.73] | a site usually reserved for the premiere of Hollywood blockbusters. |
[00:34.71] | Actors dressed as soldiers patrolled the square |
[00:37.41] | while British celebrities joined gamers |
[00:39.76] | to take part in multiplayer sessions of the game. |
[00:43.50] | The game, which is tipped to sell more than a million copies in the UK |
[00:46.92] | in its first week of release, |
[00:48.87] | features astonishing graphics and exciting gameplay |
[00:52.54] | as the player takes on a group of ultra-nationalist Russian terrorists. |
[00:57.98] | Predictably, the game has provoked a certain amount of criticism |
[01:01.46] | as it is extremely violent and features a controversial scene |
[01:05.56] | in which civilians are killed at an airport. |
[01:10.02] | One British MP has attacked the game in the press, |
[01:12.89] | describing his "absolute shock" at the violence portrayed in the game. |
[01:18.05] | However, another MP has defended the game |
[01:20.74] | by setting up a group on a social-networking website |
[01:23.81] | which describes itself as "unashamedly pro-video games" |
[01:29.08] | and which aims to "discuss how UK video gamers |
[01:32.84] | can find their voice in newspapers and government". |
[01:36.70] | More cynical observers have said that the game’s developers |
[01:39.46] | deliberately included the scene in which civilians are massacred |
[01:43.43] | in order to stir up controversy, |
[01:46.08] | knowing that this will generate a huge amount of free publicity. |
[01:49.32] | Whatever people’s views on violence in computer games, |
[01:52.83] | the game is flying off the shelves around the UK |
[01:56.63] | and is expected to generate $400m globally for its publishers. |
[00:00.00] | Thousands of UK gamers queued into the night |
[00:03.70] | for the launch of what may be the world' s most anticipated video game. |
[00:08.06] | Video game retailers opened at midnight to sell the first copies of |
[00:12.14] | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, |
[00:14.98] | a game which is widely expected to shatter sales records. |
[00:20.35] | The latest instalment in the Call of Duty franchise |
[00:23.02] | was officially launched in the UK |
[00:25.21] | at a cinema in Leicester Square in the heart of London' s West End, |
[00:29.73] | a site usually reserved for the premiere of Hollywood blockbusters. |
[00:34.71] | Actors dressed as soldiers patrolled the square |
[00:37.41] | while British celebrities joined gamers |
[00:39.76] | to take part in multiplayer sessions of the game. |
[00:43.50] | The game, which is tipped to sell more than a million copies in the UK |
[00:46.92] | in its first week of release, |
[00:48.87] | features astonishing graphics and exciting gameplay |
[00:52.54] | as the player takes on a group of ultranationalist Russian terrorists. |
[00:57.98] | Predictably, the game has provoked a certain amount of criticism |
[01:01.46] | as it is extremely violent and features a controversial scene |
[01:05.56] | in which civilians are killed at an airport. |
[01:10.02] | One British MP has attacked the game in the press, |
[01:12.89] | describing his " absolute shock" at the violence portrayed in the game. |
[01:18.05] | However, another MP has defended the game |
[01:20.74] | by setting up a group on a socialnetworking website |
[01:23.81] | which describes itself as " unashamedly provideo games" |
[01:29.08] | and which aims to " discuss how UK video gamers |
[01:32.84] | can find their voice in newspapers and government". |
[01:36.70] | More cynical observers have said that the game' s developers |
[01:39.46] | deliberately included the scene in which civilians are massacred |
[01:43.43] | in order to stir up controversy, |
[01:46.08] | knowing that this will generate a huge amount of free publicity. |
[01:49.32] | Whatever people' s views on violence in computer games, |
[01:52.83] | the game is flying off the shelves around the UK |
[01:56.63] | and is expected to generate 400m globally for its publishers. |
[00:00.00] | Thousands of UK gamers queued into the night |
[00:03.70] | for the launch of what may be the world' s most anticipated video game. |
[00:08.06] | Video game retailers opened at midnight to sell the first copies of |
[00:12.14] | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, |
[00:14.98] | a game which is widely expected to shatter sales records. |
[00:20.35] | The latest instalment in the Call of Duty franchise |
[00:23.02] | was officially launched in the UK |
[00:25.21] | at a cinema in Leicester Square in the heart of London' s West End, |
[00:29.73] | a site usually reserved for the premiere of Hollywood blockbusters. |
[00:34.71] | Actors dressed as soldiers patrolled the square |
[00:37.41] | while British celebrities joined gamers |
[00:39.76] | to take part in multiplayer sessions of the game. |
[00:43.50] | The game, which is tipped to sell more than a million copies in the UK |
[00:46.92] | in its first week of release, |
[00:48.87] | features astonishing graphics and exciting gameplay |
[00:52.54] | as the player takes on a group of ultranationalist Russian terrorists. |
[00:57.98] | Predictably, the game has provoked a certain amount of criticism |
[01:01.46] | as it is extremely violent and features a controversial scene |
[01:05.56] | in which civilians are killed at an airport. |
[01:10.02] | One British MP has attacked the game in the press, |
[01:12.89] | describing his " absolute shock" at the violence portrayed in the game. |
[01:18.05] | However, another MP has defended the game |
[01:20.74] | by setting up a group on a socialnetworking website |
[01:23.81] | which describes itself as " unashamedly provideo games" |
[01:29.08] | and which aims to " discuss how UK video gamers |
[01:32.84] | can find their voice in newspapers and government". |
[01:36.70] | More cynical observers have said that the game' s developers |
[01:39.46] | deliberately included the scene in which civilians are massacred |
[01:43.43] | in order to stir up controversy, |
[01:46.08] | knowing that this will generate a huge amount of free publicity. |
[01:49.32] | Whatever people' s views on violence in computer games, |
[01:52.83] | the game is flying off the shelves around the UK |
[01:56.63] | and is expected to generate 400m globally for its publishers. |
[00:00.00] | 上千名英国玩家排队排到了晚上 |
[00:03.70] | ——为了那或将是世界上最受瞩目的电子游戏的首发式 |
[00:08.06] | 各大电子游戏零售商午夜就开业并销售第一批 |
[00:12.14] | 使命召唤:现代战争2的光碟 |
[00:14.98] | 人们普遍估计该游戏将会突破销售记录 |
[00:20.35] | 最近的一次使命召唤特许经营店内游戏安装 |
[00:23.02] | 在英国正式举行 |
[00:25.21] | 地点位于西伦敦中心莱切斯特广场的一处电影院里 |
[00:29.73] | 这个地方大多是留给好莱坞大片首发用的 |
[00:34.71] | 演员们打扮成士兵在广场上巡逻 |
[00:37.41] | 同时一些英国名流也和玩家们一道 |
[00:39.76] | 参与了游戏的多人模式 |
[00:43.50] | 这个仅在英国发售第一周的销量 |
[00:46.92] | 就陡然突破100万份的游戏 |
[00:48.87] | 有着惊艳的画面和刺激的游戏情节 |
[00:52.54] | ——当玩家们和一伙俄国极端种族主义者为伍的时候 |
[00:57.98] | 不出所料地,该游戏引发了一些争论 |
[01:01.46] | 因为它极为暴力,并且带有一个极具争议性的场景 |
[01:05.56] | ——即大量平民在机场被屠杀的场景 |
[01:10.02] | 一位议员通过媒体批评了这款游戏 |
[01:12.89] | 并描述了他对于该游戏所描绘的暴力场景的极度震惊 |
[01:18.05] | 然而,另一位议员通过在社交网络 |
[01:20.74] | 建立讨论组的方式为该游戏辩护 |
[01:23.81] | 并把该群组描述为“无愧的专业电子游戏” |
[01:29.08] | 并致力于:“讨论英国电子游戏玩家 |
[01:32.84] | 要如何在报纸和政府里找到自己的发言权“ |
[01:36.70] | 更有一些愤世嫉俗的观察者们称:该游戏的开发商 |
[01:39.46] | 故意给游戏加入了平民被屠杀的情景 |
[01:43.43] | 以激起争论,哗众取宠 |
[01:46.08] | 因为他们知道这样做能带来大量免费宣传 |
[01:49.32] | 无论人们如何评论电脑游戏的暴力问题 |
[01:52.83] | 该游戏横扫英国游戏货架 |
[01:56.63] | 并被期待为其发行商带来4亿美元的全球收益 |