Gamers sign petition to ban 'disgusting' game after major platform sells it to kids as young as 13
Warning: This article contains discussion of rape which some readers may find distressing.
Gamers are signing a petition to ban a ‘disgusting’ game after a major platform sells it to kids as young as 13.
The horrifying game encourages its players to become ‘women’s worst nightmare’, centering around a protagonist who rapes his family members, including his aunt and his own mother.
The video game called No Mercy is accessible to children with no official age rating despite its horrific sexually violent themes.
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In the game, players are told to ‘never take no for an answer’ and are encouraged to ‘own’ and ‘subdue’ women.
The game, which was developed by Zerat Games, is available to download on Steam, a popular game store.
Now, a petition has been launched to have the game removed from sale globally.
In the petition’s description, it says: “No Mercy is a newly released pornographic 3D game developed by Zerat Games and hosted on 12+ gaming platform Steam. In the rape simulator game, players assume the persona of a man who rapes his female family members, including his mother and aunt, as punishment for his mother’s infidelity.
“No Mercy features deeply disturbing pornographic depictions of rape and incest as entertainment. It promotes harmful stereotypes of masculinity based on violence and domination and reinforces male sexual entitlement to women’s bodies.
“This game encourages men to ‘own’ and ‘subdue’ women. Rape and humiliation are portrayed as appropriate punishment for disobedient women. Women are framed as secretly desiring rape.
“There appears to be no obstacles in the way of any child accessing the game.”
Discussing the issue with LBC, UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said: “We expect every one of those [tech] companies to remove content as soon as they possibly can after being made aware of it.
“That's what the law requires, it is what I require as a secretary of state, and it is certainly how we expect platforms who operate and have the privilege of access to British society, and British economy, to do.”
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper also spoke to LBC, adding: “That sort of vile material is already currently illegal.”
Steam has since made the decision to make the game unavailable in Australia, Canada, and the UK.
The petition now has over 57,000 signatures at the time of writing this.
UNILAD Tech has contacted Valve Corporation, the company behind Steam, for a comment.
To sign the petition, click here.