CAIR calls on Sony, Microsoft, Valve to ban Six Days in Fallujah

The United States’ largest Muslim advocacy organization has called on Microsoft, Sony, and Valve to deplatform the forthcoming Six Days in Fallujah, a first-person shooter recreating the American military’s offensive in the Iraqi city almost 17 years ago.

In a statement published Wednesday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations called Six Days in Fallujah an “Arab murder simulator” that “glorifies violence that took the lives of over 800 Iraqi civilians, justifies the illegal invasion of Iraq, and reinforces Islamophobic narratives.”.

Six Days in Fallujah is set in November 2004, at the height of the second battle to retake the city from insurgent forces.

“Video games like Six Days in Fallujah only serve to glorify violence that took the lives of hundreds of Iraqi civilians, justify the Iraq war, and reinforce anti-Muslim sentiment at a time when anti-Muslim bigotry continues to threaten human life.”.

In an interview with Polygon this February, Tamte said players of Six Days in Fallujah would not come away from the game “confused about the cost [of war],” but didn’t say it would specifically address any of the ongoing problems tied to the 2004 operations.