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.”
I think everyone just needs to make up their own mind. Not sure we should be banning games just because they're made by citizens of a country who's ruler is a justifiable pariah.
I can see both sides here, and I am undecided myself. It is just a game, but yes taxes will go to the Russian government. However, this is a drop in the bucket compared to oil profits, and we still have western aligned allies buying their oil. Maybe we should be doing more about that.
If you're uncomfortable with it, don't buy the game.
But on the other hand, IT'S A GAME. I have played countless war games where I have slaughtered countless Russians, Germans, Chinese, Japanese, soldiers from vaguely renamed Soviet satellite states, Iranians, Iraqis, Syrians, and even Americans, Norwegians, Brits, French etal in computer games. I'm not particularly tormented about it.
Do what you feel is right in your heart.
I probably won't consider this game myself, until maybe after the war is over.
'nuff said
I can see both sides here, and I am undecided myself. It is just a game, but yes taxes will go to the Russian government. However, this is a drop in the bucket compared to oil profits, and we still have western aligned allies buying their oil. Maybe we should be doing more about that.
If you're uncomfortable with it, don't buy the game.
But on the other hand, IT'S A GAME. I have played countless war games where I have slaughtered countless Russians, Germans, Chinese, Japanese, soldiers from vaguely renamed Soviet satellite states, Iranians, Iraqis, Syrians, and even Americans, Norwegians, Brits, French etal in computer games. I'm not particularly tormented about it.
Do what you feel is right in your heart.
I probably won't consider this game myself, until maybe after the war is over.
'nuff said
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