{"id":23910,"date":"2013-08-05T16:07:32","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T23:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=23910"},"modified":"2013-08-05T16:07:32","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T23:07:32","slug":"company-of-heroes-2-pushed-back-from-russian-sales-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/08\/05\/company-of-heroes-2-pushed-back-from-russian-sales-front\/","title":{"rendered":"Company of Heroes 2 pushed back from Russian sales front"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"23910\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/coh2_retreat.jpg\"<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/coh2_retreat.jpg\" alt=\"coh2_retreat\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23911\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Russian distributor for Company of Heroes 2 has stopped selling the game. Relic Entertainment&#8217;s real-time strategy sequel set in the World War II Eastern Front has drawn criticism from Russian players for perpetuating stereotypes of Red Army cruelty and incompetence. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2013\/8\/5\/4590812\/company-of-heroes-2-furor-russian-distributor-1c-softclub-halts-sales\">Polygon<\/a> notes that 1C-SoftClub has ceased all sales of the game and is analyzing the complaints. The game&#8217;s publisher Sega responded by issuing this statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Sega and Relic are aware of the press stories circulating concerning Company of Heroes 2 and the historical context of the game from a Russian perspective. At this time we cannot offer any further comment, however we are taking this issue very seriously and are investigating these concerns thoroughly with all relevant partners.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2013\/7\/25\/4553536\/is-company-of-heroes-2-anti-russian\">objections<\/a> to Company of Heroes 2 center on the exaggerated depiction of brutal Red Army generals, the negative portrayal of the soldiers, and &#8220;Hollywood&#8221; myths that discredit Russian and former-Soviet countrys&#8217; national heroes. Relic has stated that while the game is based on historical research, they had to &#8220;choose specific battles and incidences to deliver the breadth of the narrative.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Company of Heroes 2 pushed back from Russian sales front - Quarter to Three<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/08\/05\/company-of-heroes-2-pushed-back-from-russian-sales-front\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Company of Heroes 2 pushed back from Russian sales front - 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