Muslim Advocacy Group Asks Digital Storefronts To Ban Six Days In Fallujah
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has asked Valve, Microsoft, and Sony not to host or distribute what it calls an Arab murder simulator.
April 9, 2021 at 8:07AM PDT
A Muslim advocacy group has issued a statement asking Valve, Microsoft, and Sony not to distribute the controversial upcoming game Six Days in Fallujah, saying it glorifies violence against Iraqi civilians and reinforces anti-Muslim bigotry.
The statement issued by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a DC-based civil rights and advocacy group, called on the three major games platform-holders not to host or digitally distribute the game. It argues that the battle that the game is based upon killed more than 800 Iraqi civilians, and that the US military s use of white phosphorous has led to birth defects in the years since.
April 8, 2021
Atomic Games first announced Six Days in Fallujah over 12 years ago. Many people gave up hope that the game would ever see the light of day. Then, suddenly, the game developers finally revealed the existence of the game that was promised so many years ago. The first trailer for the upcoming shooter released in March of this year and many fans rejoiced. It seemed that things finally fell into place for the upcoming shooter but now it faces a bigger challenge than ever before. The twelve-year delays don’t compare to the current movement condemning the game’s sensitive topic.
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Six Days in Fallujah is back, with Highwire Games as its new developer, Victura as its new publisher, and brand-new technology and direction to try and valorize a battle that its creators feel hasn’t gotten due attention (despite numerous books, documentaries, Fox News recreations, and even an opera that all center the perspectives of U.S. Marines).
Its return has not been warmly welcomed by everyone in the video game community. IGN’s Rebekah Valentine spoke with Arab and Iraqi game developers exhausted and infuriated by the game. U.S. military veterans John Phipps and Tristan Greene have also spoken out against the game’s revival.