On February 21, the game Atomic Heart was released, which was developed by the Russian studio Mundfish. According to LIGA. net, the game quickly found itself in second place in the global Steam rankings..

She was even able to overtake another novelty - Hogwarts Legacy.

The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine intends to send a letter to Sony, Microsoft and Valve with a call to ban the sale of digital versions of the game on the territory of Ukraine. About it in the comment dev. ua said Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation Oleksandr Bornyakov.

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“We also call for limiting the distribution of this game in other countries due to its toxicity, the potential collection of user data information and the possibility of transferring it to third parties in Russia, as well as the potential use of money raised from purchases of the game to wage war against Ukraine,”.

Bornyakov noted that according to media reports, the development of the game was carried out with money coming from Russian enterprises and banks, which fell under sanctions and are systemically important for the Russian government..

“Therefore, we urge all users to ignore this game. We also want to note for the Western audience that the developers of the game did not come out with a public statement condemning the Putin regime and the bloody war that Russia unleashed against Ukraine, ”concluded Bornyakov.

Atomic Heart is a shooter game set in an alternative USSR. The game romanticizes the Soviet Union, communism and the KGB.