"Venezuelan-style fuel riots" - Good lord, I thought some people had been stuck in traffic, not that they'd been killed and the army called in! Maybe not the smartest move by EA, given our proclivity for going mad at the pumps, but I don't see why they should apologise for giving something away for free (and wouldn't/shouldn't they have had to notify local authorities prior to this?).

Leave it to a politician to use bombastic hyperbole to describe what amounts to a traffic jam.

At the same time, EA should have planned this stunt better to deal with any potential traffic issues.

So, game developers should never have to take responsibility for anything they do, is that it?

I think EA owe more than an apology - They should be fined for what they did.

The games industry need to move away from these irresponsible ways of creating hype, and get back to making quality products instead.

And gamers need to stop defending the developers whatever they do...

I think it is absolutely ridicules what the government did. Any time someone is getting something for free and missing out on tax they moan and b**ch. I think it is fair play to EA for doing it. After all you could not buy publicity like that earned from pulling this stunt. Fair play to EA (I’m just gutted I was not near the station at the time).

As a Venezuelan, I'd love to know what are these "Venezuelan-style fuel riots" they are referring to. I don't recall any "fuel riots" in recent or distant history. (Plenty of other kinds of riots, tho)