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.”
Lukiopimp wrote on Feb 23, 2023, 08:56:Jim wrote on Feb 23, 2023, 08:25:Dude the game was in development since around 2019 - there is no connection to the war on Ukraine, except that it's a Russian dev studio, but not all Russians are pro war or pro current government. Yeah they had to move the studio to Cyprus because of the sanctions, I'd do that to if all my work on a game was threatened. As much as I disagree with Russia's attack on Ukraine, I do not feel the need to automatically vilify all people or works from that country.Lukiopimp wrote on Feb 23, 2023, 06:34:Hogwarts legacy is very different from atomic heart. One is where a single person makes dumb comments affecting trans people. The other is where there is an active embargo against Russia as a means to pressure the government fighting an illegal war. Cyprus only came into the picture to bypass the embargo. So the basis of the game is fraudulent. Pirate the game if you want but even that has been shown to support the popularity of games.
Can we stop making games political? I just want to enjoy a game and have fun. Playing a game does not mean I am pro / contra something.
"Don't feel the need to automatically vilify all people or works from that country" Welp, sorry, but that's what happens to a country when they START A FUCKING WAR. Sorry Dmitry, I'm not gonna give you one fucking cent because your warmongering government will bite a chunk off that cent and turn it into a bullet. Also, fuck you, Dmitry. I know you're a victim of your garbage government too, but tell me to give a shit again when Russia stops invading, raping, and murdering innocents and pulling the entire world into WW3.
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