TORONTO – The Toronto-area developer of a video game denounced as racist says the product will not be released as planned.
The game, called “Dirty Chinese Restaurant,” features players chasing cats and dogs with a cleaver, scavenging for ingredients and dodging immigration officials.
Big-O-Tree Games of Markham, Ont., initially defended the game as satire and said last month that it would be released soon for Apple and Android devices.
But the company posted a message on its Facebook page Thursday saying the game would not be released after “careful consideration and taking the time to listen to the publics opinion.”
The company also offered a “sincere and formal apology” to the Chinese community and said the game was not created “with an intentional interest of inflicting harm or malice against Chinese culture.”
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The now-cancelled game had players chasing cats and dogs with a cleaver, scavenging for ingredients and dodging immigration officials in a "dirty Chinese restaurant."