Assassinate Fidel Castro, the Video Game: 'Call to Duty' Huge in S. Florida

The Cuban government, outraged over the new video game that plans covert operations, including the assassination of Fidel Castro, wants an apology from the United States.

Exactly who in the United States should apologize isn't clear. But "Call to Duty: Black Ops" -- at about $60 a pop -- is breaking all video-game sales records in South Florida, says Tomas Velez, an advertising executive at Activision, maker of the game.

In a telephone interview Friday, Velez told Sunshine State News, "We topped $8 million in three South Florida counties in the first week. We get it into the Cuban communities down there and they're having parties with it. It's like unfinished business to some of these people, you know? And who can blame them?"

He calls the game "wildly popular, beyond all expectations. There's such a real feel to it."

Ads for the game show virtual-action figures organizing a mission to Cuba to kill the former Cuban president. It takes the player to Cold War times, encouraging him to handle weapons and engage in covert operations in enemy territory in Cuba.

A Cuban government report called the premise of the game "silly," because 83-year-old Fidel Castro has survived more than 600 attempts on his life.

Maybe, says Velez, but "most of our players are going to get him in the end. The game is tough, but he won't survive our best players."

Have a look at this CNN report, get a taste of the game and see what all the fuss is about.