This was reported by Ukrinform with reference to Hromadske.

Oleksandr Bornyakov, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation, called for a ban on the sale of the game to users in Ukraine and limiting its distribution in other countries.

“We urge you to limit the distribution of this game in other countries due to its toxicity, the potential collection of user data and the possibility of transferring it to third parties in Russia, as well as the potential use of money from the purchase of the game. It is a game to wage war on Ukraine,” he said.

He added that the development of the game, according to the media, was done with money provided by sanctioned Russian businesses and banks, which is systematically important to the Russian government.

“For Western audiences, we also want to emphasize that the developers of the game did not make a press release condemning the Putin regime and Russia’s bloody war against Ukraine,” Bornyakov said.

Let’s remind: On February 21, 2023, the Russian studio Mundfish released an action-adventure game – Atomic Heart, which takes place in the alternate reality of the Soviet Union between the 1930s and 1960s. Internet, artificial intelligence, holograms and robots have already been invented in this world. The main character is a mentally unstable KDB special agent sent by the government to investigate an incident at a manufacturing facility.

According to AIN.ua, developers can collect user data and provide it to Russian government authorities, especially the FSB.

Although the Mundfish studio itself is legally “located” in Cyprus, most of its staff are Russian, with two in Moscow and two in St. It has another office in St. Petersburg.