School shooting game Active Shooter appears on Steam, draws widespread condemnation

School shooting game Active Shooter appears on Steam, draws widespread condemnation

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https://www.pcgamer.com/school-shooting-game-active-shooter-appears-on-steam-draws-widespread-condemnation/

UK-based charity Infer Trust is calling on Valve to prevent the Steam release of Active Shooter, a game described as "a dynamic SWAT simulator in which dynamic roles are offered to players"—either as a member of the police, or as the titular "active shooter." The game is portrayed as an asymmetrical shooter grounded in real-world elements like realistic AI and settings, thematically similar to the Homeland Security-made shooting simulator we reported on earlier this year. But the trailer, which includes gameplay clips of murders in classrooms and hallways, leaves no doubt as to what it's really all about. 

"There have been 22 school shootings in the US since the beginning of this year," an Infer Trust representative told the BBC. "It is horrendous. Why would anybody think it's a good idea to market something violent like that, and be completely insensitive to the deaths of so many children? We're appalled that the game is being marketed."