One of the more controversial missions in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare sees the player respond to a terrorist attack on Piccadilly Circus. But it turns this is quite an old idea – like, Modern Warfare 2 old.
THERE MAY BE SPOILERS AHEAD.
An eagle-eyed Call of Duty player took to the Modern Warfare subreddit to post a screenshot of 2009’s Modern Warfare 2 showing a newspaper clipping found in Makarov’s safehouse. The appropriately-named redditor NuclearFPS pointed out one newspaper in particular carries new meaning in the context of the recently-released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, as it reports on a bombing in Piccadilly Circus.
Piccadilly campaign mission shown in MW2 from r/modernwarfare
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The report, continued on another page from the newspaper nearby, reads:
“The explosion at Piccadilly Circus was heard for miles in every direction. Ryan Lastimosa, a tourist from the US, was watching the Changing of the Guard less than a mile away at Buckingham Palace when he heard a ‘loud boom’. ‘The ground shook so hard that we were practically thrown to the ground.’ 59 injuries from falling debris alone were reported in the vicinity of the palace. Royal Marines stationed around the area responded in conjunction with local police, but no suspects were apprehended. The death toll continues to rise, as emergency workers dig through the rubble with the current count at 407.