Video Game Based on Peshawar Attack Taken Down After Criticism

The families of victims did not appreciate the effort and the game itself failed to attract gamers.

Pakistan has removed a video game based on the attack at an army-run school in Peshawar by heavily-armed Taliban militants after criticism.

At least 150 people, mostly children, were killed in the attack on the school on 16 December 2014.

The attack prompted Punjab province’s IT Board to develop an Android game and release it last month. After running for weeks, the game failed to attract favourable reviews and families of the victims were not impressed.

This is a preview of the game, posted on Youtube.

After taking it down, the Vice Chancellor of the company that made the game tweeted,

The APS game has been removed. It was in poor taste. Thank you for highlighting this mistake. We have made the amends.

— Umar Saif (@umarsaif) January 18, 2016

The first-person shooter game titled Pakistan Army Retribution begins with the national anthem and depicts events that took place on the dreadful day.

The player’s task is to lead soldiers into the main building and eliminate the heavily armed terrorists scattered throughout the premises.

“The game may be an attempt to pay tribute to the Pakistan Army, but the app itself is not very well made considering the name behind it, and the market it was placed in,” the Dawn reported.