EA Bringing Bin Laden Hunt To Medal Of Honor As DLC
See Full ImageIt's destined to be a controversial topic but either way, the downloadable content is coming, like it or not.
EA has announced that it has teamed up with Sony Pictures Entertainment to bring the upcoming Medal of Honor: Warfighter and the Osama Bin Laden hunt movie Zero Dark Thirty together.
EA plans to release a multiple map pack based on the movie during the week of December 17 and a portion of those sales will go to army charities. For every Zero Dark Thirty map sold, EA will donate $1 until at least $1 million has been given away. If you want to grab the DLC right away, pick up the Warfighter Limited Edition; it will come packed with the map pack in question along with early access to the Battlefield 4 beta, set for later 2013.
The pack features two multiplayer maps set in real-world locations; the first is in Pakistan's Darra Gun Market and the second is in Pakistan's Chitral region, where Bin Laden was believed to be in hiding. EA COO Peter Moore says making the Bin Laden hunt available serves to "honor the sacrifices the soldiers and their families have made" and will also allow gamers to virtually experience "the greatest manhunt our world has ever seen."
Medal of Honor: Warfighter is slated to hit on October 23.
Related Game(s): Medal of Honor: Warfighter
Tags: medal of honor warfighter, moh warfighter, warfighter bin laden dlc
9/10/2012 12:07:46 PM Ben Dutka
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Nynja
Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 12:58:14 PM
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Fox hounder
Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 1:06:44 PM
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I know MOH isn't the first to do this. But seriously, what the hell?!!
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 1:29:13 PM
Last edited by WorldEndsWithMe on 9/10/2012 1:29:29 PM
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xenris
Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 3:07:46 PM
It is ridiculous the amount of nickel and diming happening. I don't care if they give us a "complete" game. Hell a 5 hour SP only game is technically "complete". Complete is whatever they want it to be, but I will say that a lot of games lack value. Darksiders 2 was a breath of fresh air, and so is Guild Wars 2. Games that give you a lot of content for one price.
Anyway, what a sad sad world we live in.
As for the DLC it is included if you preorder the game so its not 100% terrible. It also could be interesting to play. But EA is scum so I'm not buying this, which is a shame because I'm sure the devs deserve it.
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newchef
Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 4:45:28 PM
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Sol
Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 7:30:21 PM
Can't people do that already? I mean it's DLC, you'll see it in some way shape or form as it is. It'll be in the marketplace or PSN Store etcetera and people will say "meh" and pass over it. It's always optional, be it a preorder bonus or standard DLC. This was definitely a move to push more units. I would know, I was part of the first current gen Medal of Honor, and I was more dissuaded from purchasing the game due to the changes made in order to save face, and I was part of a decent sized gaming community before I recently moved away and none of them bought the game despite liking it for some of that same reason.
Personally I don't like the idea of a game being dumbed down for any reason, and moreso I especially hate knowing that it is being dumbed down before its release. EA doesn't want to do that this time in this new installment, so they are announcing out the door that they are going to touch base with a sensitive subject, but they are playing it safe by 1. the charity bit, and 2. keeping it separate from the main game to save face... again.
This time they are saying, "we aren't doing anything to the main portion of the game, but we do have extra content planned and some of it is highly controversial."
As any well versed gamer will know, controversy is interesting, entertaining, and fun.
They want to make a better profit this time, hands down, and they don't want to give you a reason not to get this game. After all, in my experience, Frontline, Rising Sun (Oomomo for the win), and European Assault didn't give me these problems.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 1:30:49 PM
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Although it would admittedly be fun to sneak around in OBL's marijuana crops I'd like to go in there and shoot the f*cker.
I guess it's good for profile and sales though.
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Lawless SXE
Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 2:06:33 PM
Would've been more interesting too.
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THEVERDIN
Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 2:17:48 PM
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mustang750r
Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 3:01:25 PM
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BikerSaint
Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 3:59:43 PM
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"Loose lips sink ships"
And I think it also lowers the unselfish heroic act of ST6.
Just my 2 cents
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 7:22:58 PM
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BikerSaint
Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 7:33:03 PM
yeah all his ST6 members are pissed about it, as they feel that they should stay in the shadows & not be glorified for what they need to do.
But on the other hand, I can kind of see why he wrote the book, to stop Obama's lies that he took credit that he did it, and everything else he's twisted around about the classified mission.
BTW, here's two Seal Team 6 video's for the upcoming MOH, on Combat training, The Sniper & the Pointman....
Medal of Honor Warfighter was developed in collaboration with members of SEAL Team 6, who provided insight on what special forces missions are actually like.
The first two video interviews with those former SEALs details the duties of snipers and the pointman.
See both video's here:
http://www.thealistdaily.com/news/medal-of-honor-warfighter---seal-team-6-combat-sniper-and-pointman/
Last edited by BikerSaint on 9/10/2012 7:34:37 PM
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firesoul453
Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 9:13:02 PM
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AcHiLLiA
Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 10:43:24 PM
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ethird1
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 @ 2:04:28 AM
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___________
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 @ 5:17:27 AM
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seriously!?
awwwwww, come on that could of made a really cool SP mission!
sigh, again, since when did the law pass saying that 99.999999999999999999% of DLC must be MP!?
that said though, i wish EA and danger close would team up with the devs who did six days, they would make a awesome team and finally bring the awesome story to the light of day!
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TheAgingHipster
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Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 12:34:18 PM