Game:

Atomic Heart (2023)

Duration: 6:32

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0.00 Mundfish origins
0:56 FSB stealing user data
1:47 VK press event propoganda
2:25 Financial ties to Russia
3:23 Ukraine's response
3:49 Mundfish's Twitter response
4:11 Russia's reach over its citizens
4:45 Mick Gordon's donation
5::02 In-game anti-soviet jabs
5:19 Racism in the background
5:41 Final thoughts

SOURCES:

Mundfish About Us (English):
https://mundfish.com/about-us/

Mundfish About Us (Russian):
https://mundfish.com/ru/about-us/

FSB Stealing Data:
https://ain.capital/2023/01/25/russian-developers-of-atomic-heart-collect-gamers-data-for-the-fsb-via-its-website/

Defunk privacy policy:
https://shop.mundfish.com/ru/privacy-policy/

VK Press event:
https://gameworldobserver.com/2022/11/25/atomic-heart-promo-event-russia-mundfish-reaction
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/world/europe/russia-censorship-media-crackdown.html
https://gamerant.com/russia-apex-legends-the-last-of-us-ban-report/

Feast in time of plague tweet:
https://twitter.com/MWorldII/status/1595805975608725504

Financial links:
https://ain.capital/2023/01/17/atomic-heart-will-be-released-in-february-its-a-russian-game-backed-by-ex-gazprom/
https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/26/22951307/us-sanctions-russia-vk-ceo-vladimir-kiriyenko
https://atomicheart.vkplay.ru/
https://mundfish.com/ru/about-us/
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20221002-sergey-kiriyenko-so-called-viceroy-of-the-donbas-helped-launch-putin-s-career
https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/26/22951307/us-sanctions-russia-vk-ceo-vladimir-kiriyenko

Ukraine's response (via Alex Bornyakov):
https://dev.ua/news/v-mintsyfri-vidreahuvaly-na-reliz-rosiiskoi-hry-atomic-heart-1676979980
https://www.pcgamesn.com/atomic-heart/ukraine-government-ban-steam

Mundfish's response:
https://twitter.com/mundfish/status/1614903977333637120

Russia's reach over its citizens:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/06/4300-people-arrested-anti-war-protests-across-russia-decounce-vladimir-putin-war-ukraine
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64625127
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2022/03/29/1088886554/how-putin-conquered-russias-oligarchy

Mick Gordon's donation:
https://twitter.com/Mick_Gordon/status/1625495826247319556?s=20
https://www.eurogamer.net/atomic-heart-composer-explains-decision-to-donate-fee-to-ukraine-crisis-appeal

Racism in the background:
https://www.eurogamer.net/mundfish-apologises-after-racist-cartoons-were-discovered-in-atomic-heart
https://clips.twitch.tv/BombasticBlindingPhoneRickroll-5xBPOA3W5MmWvZi9
https://www.pcgamer.com/atomic-heart-devs-apologise-for-racist-cartoon-clip-and-promise-edits/

Escapist article:
https://www.escapistmagazine.com/atomic-heart-controversy-explained-mundfish-russia-ukraine-war/

ArsTechnica Article:
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/02/ukraine-wants-ban-on-game-allegedly-funded-by-russians-and-set-in-glorified-ussr/

I do not condone Russia's actions in Ukraine, or any failures of Mundfish to comply with ethical and moral standards. I attempted to present the findings in a neutral manner to allow viewers to draw their own conclusions.

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