BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON — An in-development video game simulating school shooter scenarios has been dropped from sale.<br /><br />Active Shooter, by Revived Games, was set for originally release on game distribution platform Steam on June 6 2018. <br /><br />The game’s premise upset and anger many people. According to CNN, mothers and fathers of victims in the Parkland, Florida shooting criticized the game, as did lawmakers.<br /><br />Valve Corp, owners of Steam, pulled the game, its developer, and publisher from the platform, but not apparently because the game was controversial.<br /><br />A Valve rep told Kotaku the following, quote: “This developer and publisher is, in fact, a <br />person calling himself Ata Berdiyev, who had previously been removed last fall when he was operating as ‘[bc]Interactive’ and ‘Elusive Team,’”.<br /><br />The rep also called the developer a” troll” with a “history of customer abuse, publishing copyrighted material and user review manipulation.”<br /><br />According to Destructoid, Revived Games entire catalogue was removed from Steam. Their other titles reportedly included White Power: Pure Voltage and Tyde Pod Challenge.<br />
