Mundfish likely saw this coming and shared pro-peace statements that seemed to downplay the Russian link allegations. The Ukranian authorities believe that the latest game is a Russia-funded project that uses pseudo headquarters in Cyprus as a cover-up, citing the privacy policy as an indication of this. In our official hands-on preview with Atomic Heart, we found the game to have non-political intentions despite heavily featuring the Soviet Union, the KGB, and Russian military themes, which is obviously not going down well in Ukraine. Related: Atomic Heart: Testing Ground 1 WalkthroughĪlso, in his statement, the deputy minister cited Mundfish Games' lack of staunch condemnation of the Russian invasion as proof of pro-Russian alignment and a reason for Western audiences to "ignore the game." Mundfish, while currently based in Cyprus, was previously headquartered in Moscow and has a privacy policy that allows it to transfer data to Russian authorities (via AIN Capital). "We also call for limiting the distribution of this game in other countries due to its toxicity, potential collection of user data, and the possibility of transferring it to third parties in Russia, as well as the potential use of money raised from game purchases to wage war against Ukraine," read the statement to Dev.UA (translation via GaGadget). A few hours after the game’s release, Ukraine's deputy minister of digital affairs, Alexander Bornyakov, said he would send an official letter to Sony, Microsoft, and Valve asking them to take down digital sales of the game in Ukraine and possibly other countries. In pursuit of this, the country's Ministry of Digital Development will formally request Microsoft, Valve, and Sony to cease sales.Ītomic Heart, for those unfamiliar, has a premise involving an alternate retrofuturistic USSR. Authorities in Ukraine have announced plans to ban the recently released Atomic Heart game both locally and internationally.
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