Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat is using Counter-Strike to provide Russian players with accurate news on Putin's in…
Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat is using Counter-Strike to provide Russian players with accurate news on Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
The newspaper created a map in CS:GO to distribute"independent journalism", which launched yesterday on World Press Freedom Day. The map , based on a war-torn Slavic city, includes a secret room that shows uncensored footage of the Ukraine invasion in Russian."Russians have very little chance to receive independent information about Putin's invasion of Ukraine," Helsingin Sanomat editor-in-chief Antero Mukka told"However, the gaming world and gamers themselves are still left unchecked. That's why we decided to hide a newspaper inside the world's most popular war game.
"Ordinary Russians know practically nothing about the war crimes and atrocities toward civilians committed by the Russian army," Mukka said. "One of the most touching stories in the secret room is about a Ukrainian man that went to the store. While he was there, Russian troops killed his family with a missile strike. The secret room built into the game is meant to force Russian gamers to face what's really going on in the war in Ukraine."marking the"largest technical leap forward in Counter-Strike's history".
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