A Video Game Letting Players Simulate a School Shooting Has Been Pulled After Criticism

A video game that allowed players to assume the role of a school shooter is being pulled following harsh criticism from families of victims and survivors of mass shootings. Active Shooter was set to debut on June 6, until public outcry and an online petition forced the video-game developer Valve Corp. to remove the game from its Steam online store, Deadline reports. Active Shooter reportedly enabled players to move through a school as a SWAT officer or gunman and simulate killing police and civilians with an assault rifle. Valve Corp. has also removed the game's publisher, ACID, and its developer, Revived Games, the company said in a statement to Deadline. "We are not going to do business with people who act like this towards our customers or Valve," the statement said.