Ukraine's government wants to ban Atomic Heart from country's digital stores

, Bornyakov stated:"Regarding the situation with the release of the game Atomic Heart, which has Russian roots and romanticises communist ideology and the Soviet Union, The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine will send an official letter to Sony, Microsoft, and Valve requesting a ban on selling digital versions of this game in Ukraine.

"According to media reports, the game's development was funded by Russian enterprises," Bornyakov continues."Therefore, we call for all users worldwide to avoid this game. We also want to emphasise that the game developers have not publicly condemned the Putin regime and the bloody war that Russia has unleashed against Ukraine."

Among multiple controversies, Mundfish has been criticised for disguising its Russian origins, the game's overtly pro-Soviet era themes and its choice of release date on the anniversary of Putin's declaration of war. It has also been accused of harvesting data for Russian authorities, something the developer has denied.

The game's save rooms contain a television where players can watch old episodes of beloved Soviet children's cartoon Nu, Pogodi! . The cartoon has been likened to Tom and Jerry, but one episode includes a racist depiction of an African tribesman.

Gadzhega Because that’s US (the Ukrainian gamers) who asked for the ban. We were sending them mails about that shitty game for MONTHS.

Eurogamer's editors are trying so hard to be on 'the right side' that they're publishing xenophobic content and their staff members are lecturing users in the comments. 'Eurogamer has contacted a spokesperson for Ukraine for more on these issues, but is yet to hear back.' 🙄

That'll sure show those Russians!

Needs to be banned for how awful it is

Don’t they have a make believe war going on?

So much for freedom of speech and freedom of art

Bit of an overreach. The developers within the studio itself are mostly not Russians.

This is getting fking stupid

Ukraine is the most Right-wing, Nazi Affiliated Country to exist in 2023. Burns Russian Books. Bans Russian Language. Russians must be Independent & cannot support their Government, Russian's cannot fly their flag, Bans Russian Video Games. EndRacismAgainstRussians

'We also want to emphasise that the game developers have not publicly condemned the Putin regime and the bloody war that Russia has unleashed against Ukraine.' Because they simply can't, because they are Russians

Their loss its a very fun game

Of course it does. Communists symbols are illegal in Ukraine.

Honestly, they should ban it for how bad the writing is. Crispy critters.

Stupidity like this always makes me buy the game instead like with Hogwarts 😂. You would think people getting their cheeks clapped by putin and having the rely on big brother US would have bigger concerns instead of a game...

And it is right decision. Actually it's not only government's wish. It's Ukrainians ask their government to ban this russian propaganda game.

I mean, Soviet symbols are banned over here so it makes sense from that perspective

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