{"id":1408,"date":"2016-01-17T12:13:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T04:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/17\/game-that-allows-players-to-kill-indigenous-australians-removed-from-app-stores\/"},"modified":"2016-01-17T12:13:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-17T04:13:30","slug":"game-that-allows-players-to-kill-indigenous-australians-removed-from-app-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/17\/game-that-allows-players-to-kill-indigenous-australians-removed-from-app-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Game that allows players to kill Indigenous Australians removed from app stores"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Survival-3\"<\/p>\n

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A game that reportedly encouraged players to kill Indigenous Australians has been removed from Google Play and iTunes after a public backlash.<\/p>\n

The move came after a petition that called for the companies to pull Survival Island 3- Australia Story 3D<\/em>, started by Georgia Mantle on Change.org, reached 84,672 signatures in just a few days.<\/p>\n

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See also: Netflix has tons of hidden categories \u2014 here’s how to see them<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

According to a cached description of the game on Google Play, the goal of Survival Island 3<\/em> is to survive in Australia by fighting angry animals and collecting food. “You also have to fight with aboriginals [sic] – you invaded their home!” it wrote. A game screenshot from iTunes, above, tells the player to “beware of Aborigines.” Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

More about Google<\/a>, Games<\/a>, Apple<\/a>, Australia<\/a>, and Itunes Store<\/a>
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