Current Events > 'Active Shooter' video game is pulled from Steam gaming platform after backlash

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/30/us/valve-removes-active-shooter-game-trnd/index.html

A much-criticized video game that would let players shoot up a school has been pulled from a digital storefront just days before its release.
The PC game, "Active Shooter," was set to be released June 6 on Steam, an online gaming store and platform owned by Valve Corp., a video game developer.
News of the game's release had sparked widespread outrage, including among students and parents at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people died in a shooting in February.
Marketing materials for the game, developed by Revived Games and published by a Russian company called Acid, promised to let players choose between portraying a SWAT team member responding to a shooting or portraying an actual shooter whose objective was to "hunt and destroy."
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So, I know I'm going to be put on some sort of watchlist for this, but honestly, being a swat member in the game sounds fun. You and a few friends searching for one dangerous armed target? Maybe not in this setting, but it sounds like fun. Like a reverse slenderman of sorts.
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might as well ban CSGO along the way
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Goats posted...

rahasperj posted...

So, I know I'm going to be put on some sort of watchlist for this, but honestly, being a swat member in the game sounds fun. You and a few friends searching for one dangerous armed target? Maybe not in this setting, but it sounds like fun. Like a reverse slenderman of sorts.

Wasn't that what Evolve was all about cranidos

Didn't play Evolve. Was it any good?
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It was in pretty bad taste to allow you to play as the actual shooter.

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

It was in pretty bad taste to allow you to play as the actual shooter.

^Yeah. This pretty much.
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16-BITTER posted...

Last time they caved and had the offending game back up in a few days.

Pulling it is giving the devs the exact notoriety they want.

Isn't that basically what the first GTA game did if I'm not mistaken?
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They did the same thing with Hatred.

It eventually was released anyway.
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We had this exact scenario occur with Hatred. A game about being a mass murderer, hunting down and slaughtering multiple innocents. It, too, was removed upon initial backlash but was eventually brought back after even harder backlash from advocates in the gaming community. Wouldn't be surprised if this follows through to the same conclusion.
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EverDownward posted...

We had this exact scenario occur with Hatred. A game about being a mass murderer, hunting down and slaughtering multiple innocents. It, too, was removed upon initial backlash but was eventually brought back after even harder backlash from advocates in the gaming community. Wouldn't be surprised if this follows through to the same conclusion.

The difference being is that a game about a school shooting being released close to a school shooting is in poor taste and unfortunately given the climate of the US there will likely never be a time where releasing it would not be close to a school shooting.
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Revived Games and published by a Russian company called Acid

Russian trolling has no end smh
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Tmaster148 posted...

EverDownward posted...

We had this exact scenario occur with Hatred. A game about being a mass murderer, hunting down and slaughtering multiple innocents. It, too, was removed upon initial backlash but was eventually brought back after even harder backlash from advocates in the gaming community. Wouldn't be surprised if this follows through to the same conclusion.

The difference being is that a game about a school shooting being released close to a school shooting is in poor taste and unfortunately given the climate of the US there will likely never be a time where releasing it would not be close to a school shooting.

Pretty much, yeah. It's like there's a fucking monthly quota for shootings nowadays...
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CADE FOSTER posted...

Revived Games and published by a Russian company called Acid

Russian trolling has no end smh

I feel like this is pretty important so I'll quote.

This should be the headline.

fucking liberals couldn't leave people alone and let them enjoy the game

CharlesBronson posted...

fucking liberals couldn't leave people alone and let them enjoy the game

Oh I'm sure people were enjoying this quality half-baked indie mod.

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

CharlesBronson posted...

fucking liberals couldn't leave people alone and let them enjoy the game

Oh I'm sure people were enjoying this quality half-baked indie mod.

There will always be people to enjoy a game.
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EverDownward posted...

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

CharlesBronson posted...

fucking liberals couldn't leave people alone and let them enjoy the game

Oh I'm sure people were enjoying this quality half-baked indie mod.

There will always be people to enjoy a game.

And those, what, half dozen people should have this much importance?

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

EverDownward posted...

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

CharlesBronson posted...

fucking liberals couldn't leave people alone and let them enjoy the game

Oh I'm sure people were enjoying this quality half-baked indie mod.

There will always be people to enjoy a game.

And those, what, half dozen people should have this much importance?

A vocal minority can be very, very vocal
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