"Six Days in Fallujah," the war game set in Iraq that Konami cut ties with last year, may still see publication after all. After giving the press a peek at the project, which was intended to be more compelling than fun, Konami decided "Six Days" wasn't exactly its cup of tea, and its fate has publicly been somewhere between limbo and deceased ever since. A new report, however, claims it's complete.
"I can promise you that game is still coming out and it is finished," an unnamed source told IGN.
The context of this news is more than a bit murky, given the source's anonymous nature, but "Six Days in Fallujah" became a controversy magnet from the time it was announced, and if there's a publisher willing to navigate the kind of criticism and mainstream talk-show bludgeoning that any Iraq war game will be bound to receive, there is publicity to be had. If the game turns out to be as insightful as its creative team initially intended, there may be notoriety in the deal as well.
Much like EA's Afghanistan-set "Medal of Honor" sequel, the politics associated with "Six Days" in concept alone will be inextricable, but that doesn't mean the game can't break some new ground if it's done well.
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