Labour MP has criticized the games in the past, said stronger precautions must be taken before the games were released
Labour MP Keith Vaz tabled a motion calling on the eve of stricter controls on the government of violent video games.
The motion, filed on April 24, refers to Anders Breivik, who shot and killed 69 people on the island of Utøya, Norway, in July 2011.
Breivik states that were prepared for the attack by playing the great success of first-person shooter, Call of Duty.
In the text accompanying the EDM, Vaz said: "[the house] notes that in his testimony before the court Breivik describes how he was trained by the attacks that use the video game Call of Duty: Modern War. "
while the text says that the house, "Breivik concerned that using the game to help refine their" target acquisition "and the suggestion that the simulation prepared for attacks."
Although all parties should carry age-rating limit their sale to children, Vaz critical current PEGI system not to try to limit what he calls ultra-violent content.
- The motion said. "In an era of gaming increasingly sophisticated and realistic, strengthening precautions must be taken before that video games are published"
- The government is expected to provide a more detailed examination of aggressive first-person action video games.
last year filed a motion on Call of Duty:. Modern Warfare 3 claiming a similarity between "terrible" game, scenes set in the London underground and the terrorist attacks of July 2005
aa Call of Duty series is one of the biggest entertainment franchises in the world. The newest product, Modern Warfare 3 broke records last December when he won a billion dollars in revenue just 17 days after its release.
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