"We also call to limit the distribution of this game in other countries due to its toxicity, the potential collection of user data information and the possibility of their transfer to third parties in Russia, as well as the potential use of money raised from game purchases to wage war against Ukraine," Deputy Minister Bornyakov said.
He emphasized that, according to media reports, the development of the game took place with money originating from Russian enterprises and banks that were under sanctions and are systemically important for the Russian government.
“Therefore, we urge all users to ignore this game. We also want to emphasize for the Western audience that the developers of the game did not come out with a public statement condemning the Putin regime and the bloody war that Russia has unleashed against Ukraine," Bornyakov concluded.
Looks at amount of our taxes that goes to military campaigns of America, Israel and already goes to Ukraine. Demonizing every human being in Russia including developers accomplishes nothing. Nothing about the game has been "Worship Russia and Soviets". This really kicked off when the Remedy dev who wanted them to call it a war went at them when they likely don't have the freedom to make a bunch of statements about it. Then continued with youtube essay hit pieces like any of them made a video game over these many years with hate in their heart.
Just send the letter back to whatever Orwell Ministry it came from and tell them to ban their own games.
I knew I had to buy this game.
People oftentimes live in a bubble of privilege. Those born and raised in the west, whilst we have our own issues, don’t live under dictators.
Mundfish has done what they can to distance themselves from Russia and the invasion. When asked about it, they gave a “politican’s answer” and got criticised…by people who aren’t Russian.
We all know fine well that if you criticise the regime as a Russian citizen, you better stay well away from windows, beverages, weapons, etc.
What is happening in Ukraine is awful and the Russian government have crippled their country and set the citizens back. That being said, there’s no need to penalise a developer simply for where they are from.
A lot of controversy also seems to stem from investors. One of the major investors is Gaijin Entertainment. Do we see people pulling War Thunder from digital storefronts? No.
Game is weird af anyway. Ban it everywhere... you'd think it would fall under some form of sanction already in place.
Crap bioshock imitation.