Video game depicting players as Nazi concentration camp guards sparks outrage in Poland

A video game which allows players to embody a Nazi SS officer at an Auschwitz-like concentration camp and decide which prisoners to send to the gas chambers is being investigated. The upcoming game, named'Cost of Freedom', is reportedly being developed by Ukrainian company Alien Games and is being investigated by Poland's Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) and the District Prosecutor's Office in the Polish capital Warsaw. Its trailer has been posted online and features players being able to order to send prisoners for'disinfection' at a concentration camp similar to Auschwitz. The player embodying the Nazi SS guard has to send prisoners for'disinfection' at a concentration camp similar to Auschwitz The game prominently features imagery showing concentration camp prisoners being gassed and suffering excruciating deaths. The trailer goes on to show that players can choose whether they want to play as rebelling prisoners or as Nazi guards with violent scenes showing prisoners being burned and lying dead by the camp's fence.