Ukraine's Atomic Heart Attack [Feb 22, 2023, 7:47 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The Government of Ukraine plans to petition Valve, Microsoft, and Sony to remove
Atomic Heart from digital stores in Ukraine, and will ask platform
holders to consider “limiting distribution” of the game in other countries. At
heart of the matter are the new first-person shooter's Russian roots. There are
allegations that sales of the game directly benefit the Russian government and
that the game is possibly being used to harvest user data. Ukrainian tech
website
Dev.au first reported on this, and
PCGamesN has a statement in English directly from the Ukraine
government:
“Regarding the situation with the release of the game Atomic Heart, which has Russian roots and romanticises communist ideology and the Soviet Union, The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine will send an official letter to Sony, Microsoft, and Valve requesting a ban on selling digital versions of this game in Ukraine,” says Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation, Alex Bornyakov.
“We also urge limiting the distribution of this game in other countries due to its toxicity, potential data collection of users, and the potential use of money raised from game purchases to conduct a war against Ukraine.”
“According to media reports, the game’s development was funded by Russian enterprises,” the statement continues. “Therefore, we call for all users worldwide to avoid this game. We also want to emphasise that the game developers have not publicly condemned the Putin regime and the bloody war that Russia has unleashed against Ukraine.”
WannaLogAlready wrote on Feb 22, 2023, 22:24:Just the Brain Drain alone, is going to cripple them for decades.Acleacius wrote on Feb 22, 2023, 21:51:So true Acleacius, and things always worked so.PHJF wrote on Feb 22, 2023, 21:37:Without the murder, rape and destruction? How is this possible, don't you know how things work in mother russia today?RedEye9 wrote on Feb 22, 2023, 20:09:I dunno, I was thinking of claiming the game is mine by right and annexing it.
I thought we were supposed to buy it to support the developers.
Mother russia's wretched people has been historically oppressed, carelessly starved, forcibly relocated, and outright murdered by the millions. And they seem to like it.
They just export their misery for the glory of their leader class.
Here's hoping when the dust settles, putin and the hardliners are taken off the board.
Looking forward to a free Ukraine with EU and Nato memberships!
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