Venezuelans ask Bono to stop Mercenaries 2

The Venezuelan Solidarity network, an organization of activists and religious parties, has written a letter to U2 lead vocalist Bono to step up and stop the launch of Pandemic’s Mercenaries 2: World in Flames.

The organization deemed that no man was better positioned to derail the title’s launch than the activist rock star from Ireland. Bono is a board member of Elevation Partners, the arbiter company which brought Pandemic and Bioware together for the project.

The opposition stems from the fact that Mercenaries 2 is going to be a hellacious shoot ’em up set in Venezuela. The mission objective can’t be closer to reality: Overthrow a “power-hungry tyrant.”

The religious-activist group was apparently further offended because of the fact that the game carries a gameplay theme of “if it moves, it dies.” Players can shoot anything and destroy some real-life structures found in the locale. This, the group says, will not only compound political frills between the two nations but it can potentially heighten the paranoia of a U.S. invasion of South American states among the civilian ranks.

The organization is now working at pulling off a signature campaign among various religious leaders for their letter to Bono (in PDF format), with a working deadline of March 31, 2007. The letter shall then be sent to the rock icon the following day, April 1.

Let’s just hope Bono doesn’t take this as some kind of April Fool’s joke.

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is set for release in the Xbox 360, PC, PS2 and PS3 platforms later this year.

The Venezuelan Solidarity network, an organization of activists and religious parties, has written a letter to U2 lead vocalist Bono to step up and stop the launch of Pandemic’s Mercenaries 2: World in Flames.

The organization deemed that no man was better positioned to derail the title’s launch than the activist rock star from Ireland. Bono is a board member of Elevation Partners, the arbiter company which brought Pandemic and Bioware together for the project.

The opposition stems from the fact that Mercenaries 2 is going to be a hellacious shoot ’em up set in Venezuela. The mission objective can’t be closer to reality: Overthrow a “power-hungry tyrant.”

The religious-activist group was apparently further offended because of the fact that the game carries a gameplay theme of “if it moves, it dies.” Players can shoot anything and destroy some real-life structures found in the locale. This, the group says, will not only compound political frills between the two nations but it can potentially heighten the paranoia of a U.S. invasion of South American states among the civilian ranks.

The organization is now working at pulling off a signature campaign among various religious leaders for their letter to Bono (in PDF format), with a working deadline of March 31, 2007. The letter shall then be sent to the rock icon the following day, April 1.

Let’s just hope Bono doesn’t take this as some kind of April Fool’s joke.

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is set for release in the Xbox 360, PC, PS2 and PS3 platforms later this year.