Konami Announces Six Days in Fallujah, Based on Current War in Iraq
April 6, 2009 by srfto
Konami announced that Six Days in Fallujah will be based on the current on-going war in Iraq. This will be a bold move for Konami since the actual war in Iraq is still going on. LA Times reported that the game was a idea from a U.S. Marine who returned from battle with videos, photos, and diaries of their experience in the war in Iraq. Instead of calling movie producers to make a film or even publishing a book, they went straight to Atomic Games in N.C., that makes combat simulation software for the military.
“The soldiers wanted to tell their stories through a game because that’s what they grew up playing,” said John Choon, senior brand manager for the game at Konami Digital Entertainment in El Segundo, the publisher of Six Days in Fallujah.
During a interview Atomic Games President expresses the primary goal of the game:
For us, the challenge was how do you present the horrors of war in a game that is also entertaining, but also gives people insight into a historical situation in a way that only a video game can provide? Our goal is to give people that insight, of what it’s like to be a Marine during that event, what it’s like to be a civilian in the city and what it’s like to be an insurgent.
However, Celia Pearce, professor of digital media and director of the Experimental Game Lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology states:“A game about war that is both FUN and realistic can be considered an oxymoron.”
“Making a fun game about war is hypocritical, because war is not fun,” Pearce said. “That’s why many shooters have cartoon hyper-violence that’s just physically impossible. It’s exaggerated for the sake of entertainment. And it’s also done to distance people from the violence, because it’s an obvious special effect.”
Not much details on this project yet, but it seem GamePro indicates that the game will be available for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Also, a multi-player component appears to be included as well.
What do you think? Is it okay for Konami to be making a game out of a war that is still going on?
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