The video game whose mission is to kill a journalist

The developers of Assbadin Sniper 3D, a free video game downloadable on Apple and Android devices, including a Mission in which the goal is to murder a journalist.

The section is entitled "Last minute information"and the mission begins with the sniper carrying his weapon and putting himself in a position to shoot. policeman with a red briefcase, who is approaching journalist and he hands him the wallet. This one is full of confidential information that the boy got by corrupting the authority, so the game asks to make them "famous in a different way".

Then you see how he gets a bullet impact in the head and falls to the ground, dead. The images even allow you to see the trajectory of the projectile in slow motion. "It's a cover story", ends by saying the mission in an uppercase text.

The revelation was shared by Jamal Jordan, a journalist who works for the New York Times. On his Twitter account, he shared a message in which he explained that it was his A nephew of 10 years who showed him the video game.

As reported by HuffPost, the developers have eliminated the level after announcing the news. Michael Mac-Vicar, the company's chief technology officer, he said in a statement.

"Our game Assbadin Sniper 3D it's fictional and it addresses a mature audience, said Mac-Vicar. At the TFG, we work on creating fun and fun games. entertainment to users around the world. As such, we take the comments of our players very seriously. After listening to our community today, we decided to eliminate the mission & # 39; Last minute news & # 39; video game"

The game was launched in 2014 and since then has been one of the most downloaded of the Apple Online Store. In 2018, he was ranked 20th on the store's popularity list. It has been downloaded more than 10,000,000 times in its first month and has received millions of comments.

Violence against journalists

Death threats against journalists have increased in recent years. Only until here in 2019, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has recorded 12 deaths and 172 imprisonments; According to the organization, he was able to confirm.

In one of its latest reports, RSF said that this year, Mexico is the world's deadliest country for the press, with five murders. The victims were Telesforo Santiago Enríquez, Jesús Eugenio Rodríguez Ramos, Rafael Murúa Manríquez, Santiago Barroso and Francisco Romero Díaz.