An online petition by the activist group Change.org urging the game distributor not to launch the game has drawn more than 100,000 signatures. The game, "Active Shooter," is to be released by Valve Corp. of Bellevue, Washington, on June 6 for between $5 and $10. Parkland students launched a grassroots campaign for tighter gun control following the shooting at their school which left 14 students and three adults dead. A disclaimer by the game developer, Revived Games, said the game "is meant solely for entertainment purposes and simulation." Ten people were killed in a school shooting in Texas on May 18 by a heavily armed 17-year-old classmate.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 29, 2018 22:07 UTC