'Active Shooter' video game simulating school shootings developed by 'a troll,' pulled from platform

A computer video game called'Active Shooter' would allow players to choose between a member of a SWAT team disarming an active shooter, or to become the shooter themselves. The owners of video game marketplace Steam said it has removed a game where players could simulate a school shooting either as police or the shooter themselves. Valve Corporation said it has pulled Active Shooter, which was scheduled to launch on the Steam platform June 6. Valve also said after investigating the controversy surrounding the game, it learned a person identified as Ata Berdiyev was behind the game's publisher, Revived Games, and developer Acid. Active Shooter was described as a "dynamic SWAT simulator" where players can choose to work as the member of a SWAT team attempting to disarm the shooter, or the shooter themselves.