Atomic Heart, which the game world has been waiting for years, finally debuted the other day. The game, which we can think of as the opposite of the Wolfenstein series, set in an alternative universe where the USSR ruled the world, brought some discussions with it.
While one of these discussions was the claim that the game’s developers were collecting data for the Russian government, today, a striking call came from Ukraine. Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation, Alex Bornyakov, announced that he will request Valve, Microsoft and Sony to ban the sale of the game in Ukraine.
“It makes communism and the USSR look ‘cute'”
Explaining to the Ukraine-based website Dev.au, Alex claimed that the game shows the communist ideology and the Soviet Union cute. Alex; Valve said it will send letters to Sony and Microsoft regarding the cessation of sales.
Although the call was for Ukraine, he also used expressions for the world:
“We also want this game to be restricted from distribution in other countries due to its toxicity, potential user data collection, and potential use of money from game purchases to wage a war against Ukraine.
According to media reports, the development of the game was financed by Russian companies. Therefore, we urge all users worldwide to avoid this game. We also want to emphasize that the game developers do not publicly condemn the Putin regime and Russia’s bloody war against Ukraine.”
The allegations, leading up to Alex Bornyakov’s request to ban the sales, have yet to be confirmed in any way. The developers also responded to claims that data was collected.
The developer team used the following statements regarding the claims that data was collected from the website:
“Our game and our website do NOT collect any information or data. The website’s privacy statement is outdated and incorrect and should have been removed years ago. To reassure our fans of the integrity of our studio and our products, we have closed our store. We apologize for any confusion on this matter.”
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