‘Active Shooter’ pulled from Steam, developer was ‘a troll’
- 6 years ago
BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON — An in-development video game simulating school shooter scenarios has been dropped from sale.
Active Shooter, by Revived Games, was set for originally release on game distribution platform Steam on June 6 2018.
The game’s premise upset and anger many people. According to CNN, mothers and fathers of victims in the Parkland, Florida shooting criticized the game, as did lawmakers.
Valve Corp, owners of Steam, pulled the game, its developer, and publisher from the platform, but not apparently because the game was controversial.
A Valve rep told Kotaku the following, quote: “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,’”.
The rep also called the developer a” troll” with a “history of customer abuse, publishing copyrighted material and user review manipulation.”
According to Destructoid, Revived Games entire catalogue was removed from Steam. Their other titles reportedly included White Power: Pure Voltage and Tyde Pod Challenge.
Active Shooter, by Revived Games, was set for originally release on game distribution platform Steam on June 6 2018.
The game’s premise upset and anger many people. According to CNN, mothers and fathers of victims in the Parkland, Florida shooting criticized the game, as did lawmakers.
Valve Corp, owners of Steam, pulled the game, its developer, and publisher from the platform, but not apparently because the game was controversial.
A Valve rep told Kotaku the following, quote: “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,’”.
The rep also called the developer a” troll” with a “history of customer abuse, publishing copyrighted material and user review manipulation.”
According to Destructoid, Revived Games entire catalogue was removed from Steam. Their other titles reportedly included White Power: Pure Voltage and Tyde Pod Challenge.