This article misses the point. The logic behind the likely regulation is that: a couple of GSC devs joined UAF (one KIA) and GSC donated to ukrainian funds -> you spend money on their products -> you have financially supported UAF. GSC wasn’t proclaimed a terrorist org (lmao) but laws here can be applied backwards if they’d need so.
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl Potentially Banned in Russia Due To Potential 'Justifying Terrorism'
Submitted 8 hours ago by Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
You’re overthinking it. There is no logic in russian law. The Tsar says something and that’s the law.
andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Tzar doesn’t need anything to land one’s ass in jail, but it’d still be followed by traditional beaurocratic procedures just like in RE\USSR and that’s the likely way it’d follow through.
And, also, having Stalker on your acc or purchasing it via russian resellers may serve as a trigger that can make agencies or just your russian teammate tell on you for lulz if your profile wasn’t set to private.
Thcdenton@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Blyat
dinckelman@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
The absence of self-awareness there is astounding
rockerface@lemm.ee 56 minutes ago
Oh they’re aware. It’s always projection
Sunny@slrpnk.net 5 hours ago
This must be quite a big decision really, considering there are a lot of Russian players into the Stalker Universe.
But good on them, fuck em!
rockerface@lemm.ee 56 minutes ago
Maybe they should consider not supporting ongoing invasion of the country that universe originated from, if they are so into it
Sunny@slrpnk.net 53 minutes ago
I believe many quite a few people are against it, but afraid of speaking up - knowing they’ll be dragged into a back alley of they do.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
That’s rich.
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Russian pigs
OrionTheElder@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I’m going to have to buy a new irony meter.
some_boring_username@lemm.ee 6 hours ago
“This year, Russia also took control of Chornobyl,…”
This year again? I thought they dug their trenches in radioactive soil in the first year of the invasion.
mrfriki@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
The question is whether they have the intention of publishing it in Russia in the first place.
Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Russian users can still use workaround to purchase from the steam store. I believe this is a big business for some enterprising users in other countries.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 6 hours ago
Where there is prohibition there is business. Always has been.
Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
It will most definitely be banned (they even shut down one of the few Ukrainian language libraries in russia before the full scale invasion) and likely it won’t be available in russian anyway.
rockerface@lemm.ee 57 minutes ago
Good. Hopefully russia also bans all the games portraying LGBT characters and ethnic minorities, so I can fucking play Overwatch without running into these assholes every other match
Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 46 minutes ago
I am surprised it’s not already banned. They were going ban Duolingo because of presence of animated LGBT characters. Duolingo caved and made a custom “LGBT free” version for the russian market.
Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
It’s maybe my fault.
I immediately abandoned BF2042 after the second invasion of Ukraine because it was full of Russians and ‘expat’ or not I ain’t cosplaying as those assholes.
Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I can’t even watch russian movies or listen to russian music (even artists that have openly opposed the full scale invasion). It just gets me in a bad mood.
Any time I see a russian flag on the internet, it’s like seeing a nazi flag. I start thinking “Why the fuck is this here?”.
Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 47 minutes ago
Right there with ya.
andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
That bad blood would take ages to clean.
ALERT@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
please buy the full game without waiting for a discount. thank you from a humble game developer from Kyiv, Ukraine.
poleslav@lemmy.world 29 minutes ago
After KSP2 I promised myself I would never do Early Access or preorder again. However, I made an exception for this. Love the stalker series and I’ve both preordered it and took the entire week off of work. You can say I’m definitely hyped lol
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I keep waiting for the ultimate edition to become available for purchase. Wouldn’t miss out on Stalker for anything. Russia can go fuck itself. I am sorry trump won here in the us and we may not be helping as a country anymore. I contributed in a few ways over the years but I wish I could do more than I have. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
Sylvartas@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Will do. I’m basically one decent trailer away from impulse buying it anyway. As a fellow game developer, allow me to say: I truly wish things will get better for you guys.
ALERT@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
<3
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 hours ago
Already pre-ordered the Ultimate edition. Goes against my usual principles but I don’t care in this instance. I hope the game is a massive, GotY contending success.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Where’d you preorder? I kept waiting for it to be available.
some_boring_username@lemm.ee 2 hours ago
I did the same, and also normally never preorder digital goods. Preordered the ultimate edition in December 2022, and really did not care whether they could deliver at all.
Now, as a fan of the old games, I am pretty stoked that it looks like I really will be getting an awesome game.
ALERT@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
Thank you <3
truxnell@infosec.pub 5 hours ago
I will do a day one purchase despite being too busy with factorio expansion to actually start it just yet.
ALERT@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
Thank you <3
VonReposti@feddit.dk 4 hours ago
I’m considering it. I’d probably want to know if it works well with Linux first.