The trailer for the Russian novelty attracted a lot of attention.
Recently, the developers of the project "Vasilisa and Baba Yaga" announced a new game "Devil's Service". They decided to tell the story of a devil who is in the service of Peter the Great.
Some people have raised concerns about this concept. Deputy Anton Gorelkin shared reviews of this game that he is receiving:
“The video game “Devil's Service” from the St. Petersburg studio Baba Yaga Games has received its first criticism. I received several messages in feedback: some write that the story about a devil in the service of Peter the Great \"discredits the historical image of the great Russian emperor\", and another subscriber sees propaganda of Satanism* in all of this.”
Gorelkin suggests waiting for the release of the project first and thinks that specialists should evaluate the content. He also mentioned the preparation of a law to regulate the gaming industry — it assumes the possibility for citizens to initiate an examination of games:
“I believe that first you need to wait for the game to be released, and only then evaluate whether there is Satanism* or discrediting of anything there. Secondly, I am convinced that specialists should be involved in grading. That is why our bill on regulating the video game industry contains a norm on the examination of games, which anyone can initiate. And already on its basis, it will be possible to influence the distribution of a particular product, for example, by adjusting the content labeling.
I expect that the State Duma will consider the bill before the end of the autumn session: its adoption will create transparent rules for the Russian video game industry and give society civilized tools to control the distribution of game content.”
- *“International Satanic Movement”/Satanism is recognized as an extremist organization, its activities are prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation.
