MSI GE70 - Heat Problem

Hi,
This is my first post, hope it is in the correct section.
I recently bought an MSI-GE70-2OE039. When playing Crysis 3 or Dirt 3, within 15 minutes the CPU reach temperatures of between 94 & 97 degrees. Are these temperatures normal for the GE70 series laptops?
I've sent the laptop back to the supplier (after they told me it runs to hot and it must go back to the MSI distributor ), but the MSI distributor tested it, getting the same results, says it is normal for the laptop to run at those temperatures during gaming.
So the supplier will now just send it back to me again and refuse to get a solution. Wish they told me before I bought this laptop that it will run at those temperatures. I understand now that gaming laptops do get hot, but is 97 degrees normal?
(During testing I did use a cooling pad.)
Thank you for your comments and replies.
MSI GE70 2OE Intel Sharkbay i7-4700MQ 2.4GHz CPU / 12GB DDR3 RAM / 128GB Super RAID (2x 64GB SSDs) + 1TB HDD / Blu-Ray/DVD-RW Combo / 17.3" FHD Anti-Glare LED LCD Screen / nVidia Geforce GTX765M 2GB Graphics / Windows 8 SL

Thanks for your reply. This is part of the message from the main MSI Branch forwarded to me from the distributor.
"Please understand Intel Haswell is running hotter than Ivy Bridge. Our developers spent a lot of time to make sure that we have the best performance with CPU. In MSI previous thermal tests, CPU will increase its own temperature at 81 to 94 degrees if the system is running with heavy loading. This is normal temperature and the system works as designed."
The distributor refuses to accept that there is a problem with the temperatures. They've had the laptop now for 2 weeks and said they are going to send it back to me.

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