A video game depicting mercenaries storming Venezuela, which has been criticized in the oil-rich South American country as a blueprint for an invasion, was released by a U.S. company this weekend. The release is likely to anger allies of President Hugo Chavez, a Washington foe, who has in the past threatened to cut off oil exports to the United States.The game, "Mercenaries 2: World in Flames," was released on Sunday by a division of Electronic Arts Inc and is set in a "fully destructible Venezuela,".
In 2006, when the game was first announced, lawmakers from Chavez's coalition called it an example of a U.S. government-inspired propaganda campaign against Chavez that could even help lay the psychological groundwork for an actual invasion.
"All the controversy around this is kind of comical," - Electronic Arts spokesman Jeff Brown said. "At the end of the day you have to remind yourself it's a damned video game."
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