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The way Six Days in Fallujah is being marketed is not helping itself. Victura CEO Peter Tamte seems conflicted in all the interviews he’s done on how to market it, and Highwire Games creative director Jaime Griesemer openly indicated in an IGN Unfiltered interview that they really don’t know how to market it. Tamte keeps going to interviews to portray this game as a “realistic tactical shooter.” This is in direct conflict with the fact that they’re trying to share the personal stories of people directly affected by the battle via an interactive documentary. If this game is indeed

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has called on platform holders Microsoft and Sony, as well as Steam's parent company Valve, to refrain from hosting or distributing Six Days in Fallujah. In a release shared on its website yesterday, CAIR said that Highwire Games and Victura's title is an "Arab murder simulator that glorifies violence that took the lives of over 800 Iraqi civilians, justifies the illegal invasion of Iraq and reinforces Islamophobic narratives." CAIR research and advocacy coordinator Huzaifa Shahbaz said in a statement: "We call on Microsoft, Sony and Valve to ban thei...

Now 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 Green...

“The stories in Six Days in Fallujah are told through gameplay and documentary footage featuring service members and civilians with diverse experiences and opinions about the Iraq War,” a new statement begins. “So far, 26 Iraqi civilians and dozens of service members have shared the most difficult moments of their lives with us, so we can share them with you, in their words.” The statement was posted to Twitter with accompanying text that states, “We understand the events recreated in Six Days in Fallujah are inseparable from politics.” The new statement contradicts one made by...

26 Iraqi civilians and dozens of soldiers shared their insight to help make the new version of Six Days in Fallujah.