American Muslim Organization Asks Sony, Microsoft and Valve to Cancel Game Six Days In Fallujah

GAMEFINITY.ID, Purworejo – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington DC-based Muslim advocacy and civil rights organization, asked Valve, Microsoft, and Sony to refuse distribution of Six Days in Fallujah, an FPS game based on the Second Battle of Fallujah, one of the bloodiest battles of the Iraq War.

In a statement published on Wednesday (7/4), CAIR calls the game Six Days in Fallujah an “Arab murderer simulator” that glorifies violence and has claimed the lives of more than 800 Iraqi civilians, justified the illegal invasion of Iraq, and reinforced the Islamophobic narrative.

The game Six Days in Fallujah was originally announced in 2009, but due to the controversial nature of the game, Konami as a publisher withdrew from the project. Then the Atomic Games Developer at that time could not find a new publisher until it finally went out of business in 2011. Even though it had gone out of business, the website complete with a commitment to complete the game is still there.

Back in February 2021, Six Days in Fallujah was suddenly re-announced, with development now in the hands of a new studio, Highwire Games, and a new publisher, Victura, founded by former Atomic Games CEO, Peter Tamte.

The game Six Days in Fallujah is slated for release later this year, although an exact release date has not yet been set. The game is currently on the wishlist on Steam.

Will this game be canceled a second time? Let’s just wait.