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Cancelled tactical shooter "Six Days in Fallujah" revived a decade later, now developed by ex-Bungie developers

Last posted Feb 16, 2021 at 07:54PM EST. Added Feb 11, 2021 at 06:28PM EST
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Back in the late 00s a developer called "Atomic Games" was developing a tactical shooter for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC called "Six Days in Fallujah," based on the historical Second Battle of Fallujah that occurred in November 2004. Konami was originally set to publish it, but in 2009 pulled out of the publishing deal and the game was put on hold. The reason why Konami pulled out of the publishing deal is because the game was causing a lot of controversy among special interest groups who thought the game looked like it'd be disrespectful to the veterans of such a recent event, even though the developers assured it'd be a realistic and accurate portrayal of events rather than a Call of Duty styled "Action movie" like game. Atomic Games went out of business in 2011 and never was able to find another publisher.

Now in 2021 it's been confirmed that a development studio consisting of ex-Bungie staff called "Highwire Games" is taking on the project (with publishing duties being handled by a company called "Victura") and aiming to keep the game's depiction of events as authentic as the original developers wanted (and the trailer seems to indicate they're heavily working with Iraq War veterans to assure it's respectful, unlike what some people tried to claim back in 2009). The game is set for release in 2021 with a PC release on Steam being confirmed and it'll likely come to consoles like PS5 and Xbox Series X as well.

One of my mentors worked on this game. I asked him what the experience was like and he described how he used to get bomb and other death threats over his office phone almost daily over it. Glad to see his work and the stories of these vets finally being realized.

This is defently gonna be interasting

Tactical shooters have been popping left end right in these years i wonder will this diferentiate it self

Looks damn good. Too many modern war shooters (or at least the ones that are financially successful) are either overblown Michael bay movies or fortnite under a different name. There's always Squad and Arma 3, but I'm still pretty pumped for this.

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