The Ministry of Digital Transformation will send an official letter to
Sony, Microsoft and Valve to ban the sale of Atomic Heart in Ukraine.
According to dev.ua, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation Oleksandr Borniakov commented on the game's release:
"We also call for limiting the distribution of this game in other
countries due to its toxicity, potential collection of user data and the possibility of transferring it to third parties in Russia, as well as
the potential use of money raised from game purchases to wage war
against Ukraine."
Atomic Heart is a Russian game by Mundfish studio, sponsored by Russian publisher Gaijin and Gazprom top manager Anatoly Paliy. This was
reported by Ukrainian blogger OLDboi.
The developers are trying to pretend that they are a Cypriot studio, but events for media representatives in Moscow and Russian sponsors
immediately show who the authors really are. The game is set in the
Soviet Union, where a robot uprising has taken place, forcing a KGB
officer to save the country. The gagadget editorial team urges you not
to buy the game and not to sponsor the Russian government.
https://gagadget.com/en/218528-lockheed-martin-and-the-us-navy-will-begin-testing-hypersonic-missiles-in-2024-on-the-uss-zumwalt/
As if I didn't have enough reasons to avoid this game like the plague,
the few gameplay videos I've seen looked comically bad.
The Ministry of Digital Transformation will send an official letter to
Sony, Microsoft and Valve to ban the sale of Atomic Heart in Ukraine.
As if I didn't have enough reasons to avoid this game like the plague,
the few gameplay videos I've seen looked comically bad.
On 23/02/2023 03:39, Metal Guru wrote:
According to dev.ua, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation
Oleksandr Borniakov commented on the game's release:
"We also call for limiting the distribution of this game in other
countries due to its toxicity, potential collection of user data and
the possibility of transferring it to third parties in Russia, as well
as the potential use of money raised from game purchases to wage war
against Ukraine."
Not sure about the truth of the more political side of it but any links
to Gazprom executives would certainly put me off as if he hasn't
accidentally fallen off a hotel balcony then he at least publicly
supports Putin. Generally I try and avoid politics and games but there
is a certain line that I won't cross.
The game itself, I did watch a short review and that said although it
had some problems (more of a double A game than a triple A one) overall
they enjoyed it. Putting the politics aside it looks like the sort of
game I would consider when it ends up in Steam sale at £5.
Oh, the link to hypersonic missile tests, you've confused me there?
Oh, the link to hypersonic missile tests, you've confused me there?
No idea how that happened, sorry about that:
Atomic Heart is a Russian game by Mundfish studio, sponsored by
Russian publisher Gaijin and Gazprom top manager Anatoly Paliy. This
was reported by Ukrainian blogger OLDboi.
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