The main representatives of Valve, Sony and Microsoft received a request from the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine to remove the game from their digital stores (Steam, PlayStation Store and Xbox Store). atomic heart.
At the end of February, the Ukrainian authorities announced that they would seek to block Atomic Heart. However, the request should have been about stopping the digital versions of the game on the territory of Ukraine. In a letter, it spreads to the whole world.
Ukraine is convinced that the first-person shooter Atomic Heart is a whole new level of Russian digital propaganda that exploits the gaming industry..
“Given that Mundfish has Russian management and offices in Russia, there is a potential risk that the money received from the purchase of games will be transferred to the Russian budget to be used to finance the war against Ukraine,” writes Mikhail Fedorov in a letter.
In it, he praised the actions of these private companies to increase economic pressure on Russia by suspending their operational and commercial activities there. The companies stopped selling their games in Russia at the start of last year’s invasion and closed their offices there.
Source: Michal Burian, indian-tv.czAn excerpt from the book “Wait, hares!” in Atomic Heart she is racist
According to the deputy head of the Ukrainian train, Atomic Heart violates Ukrainian law because the game promotes the communist regime and Soviet symbols. Fedorov is asking for a ban on sales, hoping that the aforementioned companies don’t want to be seen as a platform that supports communism, even in such a futuristic version.
“Now more than ever, leaders and businesses around the world must come together to protest the Russian invasion and stop funding the war by any means possible, including information. I hope to see you on the side of good.” the letter ends.
Initially, the Russian studio Mundfish is officially based in Cyprus, while Atomic Heart is published by a French company. Focus Entertainment on PC, as well as on both generations of PlayStation and Xbox consoles. However, among the investors involved in funding Mundfish, there is an investment fund GEM Capitalwhose founder is associated with Gazprom and bank VTB. Both enterprises belong to Russia. He also publishes the game in Russia. VC (formerly Mail.ru), which is majority owned by the Russian state.
Official demands to ban the sale of the game Atomic Heart. I believe none of these businesses support a murderous regime, assassinations, or the romanticization of communism. A completely new level of Russian digital propaganda is the use of the gaming industry.@Sony @Game console @Microsoft @xbox @valvesoftware @Steam pic.twitter.com/DpaNO57bZC
— Mikhail Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) March 3, 2023
Source :Indian TV
