IMPORTANT UPDATE On The Horrific Active Shooter Video Game

A few days ago, I wrote about an absolutely REVOLTING video game, in which players can “hunt and destroy” virtual “classmates” as a school shooter.

I legitimately couldn’t believe someone would think of this – let alone green-light it.

After significant outrage and a successful petition, Valve, the company releasing the game, has decided to pull it.

Thank GOD. This went BEYOND poor taste.

According to Daily Mail:

A blood-thirsty video game that encouraged players to take part in a school shooting has been pulled by the publisher after it triggered a furious backlash.

‘Active Shooter’ was marketed on its ability to allow players to take on the role of a gunman on a murderous rampage inside a school, as well as a SWAT team member trying to stop the bloodshed.

As the lone gunman, players would be shown a tally of the number of civilians and police officers they managed to kill during their simulated shooting spree.

I mean… what in the actual f**k?

As I said before, anyone who’d want to play this game, or worse, anyone who’d ALLOW THEIR CHILDREN to play this game is OFFICIALLY a threat.

This is legitimately one of the more effed up things I’ve ever heard of.

WHO WANTS THIS?!

An online petition calling for the game to be scrapped gained more than 194,700 signatures.

In response to the backlash, Valve – the company behind the Steam online games marketplace, where Active Shooter was due to launch on June 6 – has dropped the title.

And released a pretty odd statement about it.

In a statement, Valve said: ‘This developer and publisher is, in fact, a person calling himself Ata Berdiyev, who had previously been removed last fall when he was operating as “[bc]Interactive” and “Elusive Team”.

‘Ata is a troll, with a history of customer abuse, publishing copyrighted material, and user review manipulation.

‘His subsequent return under new business names was a fact that came to light as we investigated the controversy around his upcoming title. We are not going to do business with people who act like this towards our customers or Valve.

‘The broader conversation about Steam’s content policies is one that we’ll be addressing soon.’

Uhhhh… so the company releasing the game is has no control over what their company releases until there’s a major public outcry?

I’m having a hard time understanding that.

In response to the decision to pull Active Shooter, the publisher, who used the name Arthur Belkin in correspondence, told the BBC: ‘Ata is my good friend, but past games I’ve created are mine.

‘I’m still waiting for Steam’s reply regarding the whole topic.’

The developer had previously promised to add a ‘civilian survival mode’ shortly after the launch of Active Shooter, which would challenge players to survive for as long as possible inside a school environment with a gunman on the loose.

Plans to add children into the virtual school environment were also discussed by the developer in the forums for the game.

GROSS GROSS GROSS GROSS.

You miiiiight just want to reconsider being “good friends” with a lunatic that comes up with something like this.