Current Events > Russian government to fund "patriotic" games

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The Russian government has said that it will fund the production of "patriotic" games, while titles that "distort" history could be banned in the country.

"The main thing we expect from the producers of video games is the realistic and historically truthful representation of events," said Arseny Mironov, an aide to Russia's culture minister Vladimir Medinsky.

His comments came in a report from the Russian daily newspaper Izvestiya translated and reported by The Hollywood Reporter.

"A video game has to have not only an entertainment value, but it also has to teach and be conducive to patriotic education," he added, while also stating that a "negative image of the Russian warrior" in games is not acceptable.

The Russian Military History Society--led by Medinsky--is taking charge of the government's video game endeavors. The first project from the group will focus on the beginning of Russian military aviation during World War I.

According to the report, the Russian government is currently negotiating with "several" local developers for the game--expected to be released in 2014--though none were named. Further government grants for additional "patriotic" games will be introduced, the report said.

Russia's culture ministry has said it is concerned about the content of some foreign games, which "discredit the Russian soldier" and "distort historic facts." Such games could be banned in the country, the ministry said.

One example provided was Company of Heroes 2. Sales of the real-time strategy game were halted in Russia in August after numerous users expressed issues with the game's portrayal of the Soviet Union during World War II.

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What's cat up to
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I bet Putin and Kim Jung Un would get along well.
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So much for the tolerant left!
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CaptainCrunch posted...

I bet Putin and Kim Jung Un would get along well.

And Xi
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I thought this would be about roided monsters competing against each other in various Olympic type events since Russia has been banned from the games. I'm a little disappointed that this is just about video games. I wanted Mutant League to come to life.
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CaptainCrunch posted...

I bet Putin and Kim Jung Un would get along well.

Trump would also enjoy this, what with his recent attacks on video games. I'm sure he'd love a game made of himself foiling school shooting attempts. He'd call it Alternative Facts:What Actually Happened
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Drakengard 3 coming to PS3 in 2014

But man, how sad is it that most of CE probably doesn't even remember these now?
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It's about time someone set the record straight. It was the Russians who first developed the atomic bomb, dropped it on Japan, and single handedly won the war. Russia also ended Saddam's corrupt regime, and killed bin Laden.
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

Drakengard 3 coming to PS3 in 2014

But man, how sad is it that most of CE probably doesn't even remember these now?

Sad!
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I remember when there was that "latest news" thing at the bottom of the board pages

It would pull the latest articles from around the web

One of the "latest articles" was a review for Age of Empires 2

Not for the HD remake. I checked that.

The article was dated to October 1999
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For a minute I thought this was going to be a genuine hunger games after Putin heard about this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game2:_Winter

and decided to make it real

Axiom posted...

For a minute I thought this was going to be a genuine hunger games after Putin heard about this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game2:_Winter

and decided to make it real

I totally forgot about that. And then it turned out to be a social experiment anyway. Wow.
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

Drakengard 3 coming to PS3 in 2014

But man, how sad is it that most of CE probably doesn't even remember these now?

That's a weird thought. Feels like just last week.
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