I think it was pretty stupid of Konami to drop this.

Not optimistic about this game.

I think it was fairly intelligent of Konami to drop this.
This game was destiend to be a mediocre COD4 clone riding on a sea of controversy, it won't be missed.

Maybe it would be wise of Mr. Tamte to elaborate a tiny bit more on their views of the controversy and criticism than just saying "We just want to complete the game..."

I think it was pretty smart of Konami to drop this.

Get rid of the regenerating health. Maybe that will help people take this game a bit more seriously.

Controversy = Press = Sales.  Pretty much true for all forms of media.

it was completely dumb for Konami to drop this IMO, this game will most likely sell a good bit due the the controversy factor.  Adam Sessler did a really good videoblog about this game, typical "for games to become an important media, there have to be games that have good stories but maybe are a little less "fun"".

do you honestly think people would stop buying copies of Metal Gear Solid and Castlevania if they went ahead and published this game?

i'm not exactly for the game or anything, but i can't imagine konami has sensibly dropped the title on the merrits of controversy alone.

but how much of a fan base does Konami have in hillbillies and avid wal-mart shoppers that wouldn't just walk over to a Best Buy or a Gamestop to get thier copy?

The problem I have with this game is that it's actually impossible to tell the difference between this and the Black Hawk Down game that was released a few years back.  Honestly, the poses the characters are in, the environments... Think I might have middle-east fatigue.  Get back to russia game-devs

Cue Rock Star North / Take-Two - the only Developer/Publisher team crazy enough to take this project.

Today we announce the dropping of 'Six days in Fallujah' due to some concerns of our fanbase. Secondly, we are proud to announce the development of a new game called 'A Week of War' where you play as a soldier caught up in a conflict in an unnamed middle eastern country and gameplay will feature regenerating health. -_-

Change the title and it would be fine.. That's the right thing to do. Too many people died there

I hope this gets a new publisher, it could tell a very interesting story. It was just that Konami didn't have the balls to stand up for themselves and upset a few Americans.

It's serious snobbishness to think that videogames aren't as just a medium to interpret the war in Iraq as TV or film. Pity.

We'll see what happens as usual

Films ans TV programs are always made to cause a stir so why not games?
I have to say I don't really care about this game.....it's just not what I look for anymore but how long do we have to leave it from the events before it becomes alright?
It seems a bit silly to me that there is an invisible time scale of acceptance.

Can I just be offended because this game looks bad based off video game merits?  I mean, this is offensive to so many people on so many different levels it probably shouldn't be made. 

I don't see the controversy behind this.  It's no different from other games based on actual wars.  And it will probably be generic just like the rest of them.

I really want this game to get a new publisher, I'm interested on how it was going to be handled.

This is going to get picked up. Obviously.

What's controversy over this game? I haven't heard from anyone since it'd been announced.

"Get rid of the regenerating health. Maybe that will help people take this game a bit more seriously."

This game seems really odd... I think there is a way to convey a recent bloody battle in a video game... but I dont think a COD/GOW clone is the way to do it... it just seems too goofy.

This game isn't even an abortion. It's anencephalic.

maybe Konami realized the game sucked and used the controversy as an excuse to get out because telling Atomic employees to their faces would be really awkward because one Atomic editor invited Konami to his wedding and another Atomic QA assistant has a wife that bakes muffins every time Konami makes a visit.

I was talking with two marines over the weekend. I asked him about Fallujah, and he said when he was there, he got thirty kills during the battle. He said they should not be making a game out of it at all..

Could Rockstar pick it up? They don't really care about controversy.

Wait, wasn't Konami all like "Mrrr we're trying to be brute and break the mold here" when they announced this? WTF?

Japanese publishers seem to be quite a bit ... ball-less these days. It seems they run screaming from any form of "politically incorrectness" that hits not just the gaming community, but ANY community that might feel something is whine-worthy.

"I think it was pretty smart of Konami to drop this."

That screen shot looks an awful lot like Americas Army...

Explain to us how that makes sense to you, Zenwork.

Why did Konami pussy out?

I was thinking this game would be pretty good, and can pull off a Black Hawk Down, which is one of my favorite movies.

this is no different then any other WWII shooter out there. on the market today. Take 2/ Rockstar games please step up to the plate.

I got mixed feelings on this

So it only matters how much time passes before it then becomes ok to trivialize mass death? We already have games where the protagonists drive jeeps to bad rock music through clearly middle eastern locales. Just because the developer decides to name the country "Jockistan" instead of "Afghanistan," it doesn't change the fact that you're still killing brown people with turbans. 

A poor game is a poor game regardless of the hype or controversy surrounding it. Make the game uphold to the standards the protesters demand and you might build a fanbase. But coasting along on controversy alone is the quickest way to be forgotten.

Konami saw this coming and got out while they could. It was the reaction of the demos to the gaming press (shitty game played shittily) COMBINED with the reaction of the populace (who demanded a game like this must not be made up of shit) which caused Konami to want to save face.

I am very interested to see how this game turns out.  It has a realism to the drama that I think will affect people more than any Call of Duty script.

I can only assume that Konami found it too realistic.  Needs more monkeys and nanomachines to fit their catalog. :-p

Konami shouldn't have backed out just because of it would get a bit of flak.

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Yesterday, Konami sent word through a Japanese newspaper that it was backing away from the game Six Days in Fallujah. Today, the game's developer, Atomic Games, has issued a statement on the subject.

This comes from Peter Tamte, the President of Atomic Games:

We were informed on Thursday night that Konami had decided to pull out of Six Days in Fallujah.  This caught us by surprise.  Development of the game had been progressing very well and on schedule.  We would very much like the opportunity to complete the game.

Even given the controversy surrounding the game--or, really, because of the controversy surrounding the game--I have to imagine that some publisher would be interested in picking this one up.

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I find Konami's lack of balls disappointing. Both sides can argue whether the game is in good or bad taste all damn day, but at the end of said day political correctness (bullshit) will usually win out and the "offending party" will cave. I, for one, hope that some other publisher picks it up and releases it. I also hope that the game is good and handles itself with some dignity.

Adam Sesslers view on the game: http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/694743/Sesslers-Soapbox-Fun-Vs-Art.html#commentpost
I can see why some will get offended by this (because the setting is recent, and not old), but from what Ive heard, its just people who has had nothing do to with the war (haven't been there), that has been complaining. I think it would have been cool with a game that takes war more seriously, not just like an glorious patriotic act (like the latest medal of honour game). Of course, I havent played the game, and respect the veterans who would find this distasteful.