[UPDATED] Malaysia blocks Steam entirely to stop FIGHT OF GODS

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Released on Steam Early Access this week, Fight of Gods is a fighting game that features deities like Moses, Jesus, Zeus, Buddha and even Anubis!



If you thought it couldn't get even more intense, then you were wrong! The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission have called for a ban on the game and asked for it to be disabled within 24 hours or face further actions. And then Steam was entirely banned.

In a press release, PQube, the game's publisher, noted that "we never received any communications from Malaysian officials here at PQube, however reports seem to indicate that Malaysia has now blocked access to all of Steam in order to prevent access to Fight of Gods."

Talking to The Star about their actions, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission had the following to say: "Malaysians respect all cultural and religious sensitivities, and the sale and distribution of the religiously insensitive and blasphemous games must be stopped immediately."

Below is a short statement on the matter from Digital Crafter and PQube:

Fight of Gods is a video game that takes a humorous approach to religion in the same way that other entertainment formats have – across television, film, books and theatre.

The game is not promoting any religious agenda and is not designed to offend. The description of the game on the digital platforms through which it is distributed provide clear guidance on the nature of the game and its content so that people can freely choose whether or not to play it. We fully respect the choice of those who would not wish to play it.

We are disappointed that such freedom of choice is not given to everyone and in particular that the game has been forcibly removed from sale in Malaysia, although no direct communication has been received by us as to the reasons for this. Nevertheless we respect any rules and censorship imposed in any given territory.


We have reached out to Steam and are working with them to resolve the situation as soon as possible.

Kotaku reached out to Valve and they replied with the following statement:

Right now players in Malaysia can access the games they own on Steam, but the Steam Store is being blocked by some local telcos in Malaysia. From reports we are reading, this is due to a single game that conflicts with local laws. We have contacted the developer, removed the game, and are attempting to make contact with the officials in Malaysia to remove the block. We apologize for any inconvenience.

So what do you think of this ban? Somewhat reminiscent of the Russian Pokémon GO player who was recently jailed for playing the game in a church, no?

UPDATE:

It seems like Steam has been unblocked in Malaysia while Fight of Gods has been removed from the digital game distribution platform in the country.

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Because islam is weird and bad, it's not a good thing to circumcise, to have all these strange meaningless rules like don't eat pigs, like pray 5 times a day, sharia, hating people who happen to be born gay, life shouldn't be lived like that.

The sooner people can drop religion, the better.
Why do you care so much?... I mean, all of those rules really affect no one negatively, except for the anti-homosexual thing (which is hardly exclusive to Islam and is usually just a by-product of religious extremism. I would know, I used to be a very radical Christian), and sharia law, which is simply that the governance of countries should be tied to religious teachings; again, hardly exclusive to Islam

On top of that, I'm fairly certain that laughing at someone and attempting to invoke a reaction from them because you see them as "weird" or "different" is a textbook case of bullying
 
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Why do you care so much?... I mean, all of those rules really affect no one negatively, except for the anti-homosexual thing (which is hardly exclusive to Islam and is usually just a by-product of religious extremism. I would know, I used to be a very radical Christian), and sharia law, which is simply that the governance of countries should be tied to religious teachings; again, hardly exclusive to Islam

On top of that, I'm fairly certain that laughing at someone and attempting to invoke a reaction from them because you see them as "weird" or "different" is a textbook case of bullying
Cause less religious countries tend to prioritized individuality? (Of course ideals could be their own religion) And competation ensure the best came on top and scattering means it's takes far more effort to kill off a population.
Regarding gay there is also the problem of prostitution, huge risk of hiv and inability to give birth(the last part is countered by adoption, but I think it's better if one day lesbian find a way to reproduce and replace men in reproduction)
he kicks ass in the monkey king though!
Not really. Taoism didn't bother to send anyone and monkey king's rebelion is planned from the start. It's better if you interprete as two a-hole parties that tries to screw each other while gettin more mortals into their believes.
 
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Cause less religious countries tend to prioritized individuality? (Of course ideals could be their own religion) And competation ensure the best came on top and scattering means it's takes far more effort to kill off a population.
Regarding gay there is also the problem of prostitution, huge risk of hiv and inability to give birth(the last part is countered by adoption, but I think it's better if one day lesbian find a way to reproduce and replace men in reproduction)

Not really. Taoism didn't bother to send anyone and monkey king's rebelion is planned from the start. It's better if you interprete as two a-hole parties that tries to screw each other while gettin more mortals into their believes.
Do we need to give women more of a reason to commit genocide, given the fact I hear women are generally the more compassionate of the species I do hear a lot of genocide appologists from that particular camp

I guess the ultimate technology race is who makes who "redundant" first, the gays or the lesbians

Everyone else doesn't even come into it at this point......unless your a transgender child
 
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Do we need to give women more of a reason to commit genocide, given the fact I hear women are generally the more compassionate of the speeches I do hear a lot of genocide appologists from that particular camp

I guess the ultimate technology race is who makes who "redundant" first, the gays or the lesbians

Everyone else doesn't even come into it at this point......unless your a transgender child
I'd imagine all the striaght men forced to become women to make sure their genes get passed on cause all the women becomes lesbian after realizing they can ditch men entirely. Gay men will either live out their life as they are not expecting to reproduce. Of course there could be a war between genders, but I think by then women will find a way to ditch men before suffering casualty.
 

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I'd imagine all the striaght men forced to become women to make sure their genes get passed on cause all the women becomes lesbian after realizing they can ditch men entirely. Gay men will either live out their life as they are not expecting to reproduce. Of course there could be a war between genders, but I think by then women will find a way to ditch men before suffering casualty.
Well until the realise they forgot to get a guy to open all those pickle jars before finishing them off, but yeah between automation, raging feminists and everyone becoming super hip transsexuals men have couple of years left

Or at least until the nuclear war wipes us all out for all being such fucking idiots
 
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Well until the realise they forgot to get a guy to open all those pickle jars before finishing them off, but yeah between automation, raging feminists and everyone becoming super hip transsexuals men have couple of years left

Or at least until the nuclear war wipes us all out for all being such fucking idiots
Not just surgery, but actual gender change. The end product is perfect capable of getting pregnent and they can certainly create a fertalized egg from genes of two women.
 

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Why do you care so much?... I mean, all of those rules really affect no one negatively, except for the anti-homosexual thing (which is hardly exclusive to Islam and is usually just a by-product of religious extremism. I would know, I used to be a very radical Christian), and sharia law, which is simply that the governance of countries should be tied to religious teachings; again, hardly exclusive to Islam

On top of that, I'm fairly certain that laughing at someone and attempting to invoke a reaction from them because you see them as "weird" or "different" is a textbook case of bullying

one thing though IK christans ex comunicate homosexuals but islam executes gays (and Indonesea is worse they execute people who are found out to have Masturbated (which is a Moral Sin in Islam)
 

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one thing though IK christans ex comunicate homosexuals but islam executes gays (and Indonesea is worse they execute people who are found out to have Masturbated (which is a Moral Sin in Islam)
China has a very long history of bloody conflict with Muslim so I will be safer in case Canada gets taken over. Most of major ethnicity with over 1 billion support it and Chinese government is brutal enough to pull it off. Also following Muslim dressing there will cause arrest.
 
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one thing though IK christans ex comunicate homosexuals but islam executes gays (and Indonesea is worse they execute people who are found out to have Masturbated (which is a Moral Sin in Islam)
Eh, both of those were issues with early Christianity as well. I'm not trivializing the fact that it's an issue with Islam NOW, because it's an issue of civil rights that absolutely needs to be solved, I'm just saying that a) Christians really have no moral superiority in the matter, and b) we shouldn't judge the populous of a religion based on the most extreme (and, realistically, least followed) laws of the religion
 

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Eh, both of those were issues with early Christianity as well. I'm not trivializing the fact that it's an issue with Islam NOW, because it's an issue of civil rights that absolutely needs to be solved, I'm just saying that a) Christians really have no moral superiority in the matter, and b) we shouldn't judge the populous of a religion based on the most extreme (and, realistically, least followed) laws of the religion
What about bloody conflict? Over 4 million Chinese were killed within a single year which they masecure an entire city in Late ming dynasty (17th century) after they brutally converted some Buddhists. Or how they converted India (which range in hundreds of millions), or Africa (along with Christian that still cares more about spreading their religion than doing good), or South East Asia?
 
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yep, islam is intorelant, it's why the game is banned from the country. yet when they travel en masse to the first world, they demand we respect them.

if you need to say and convince that your 'religion' is a religion of peace, it's not.

not much more needs to be said i guess.
well how about, how's the game?
 
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yep, islam is intorelant, it's why the game is banned from the country. yet when they travel en masse to the first world, they demand we respect them.

if you need to say and convince that your 'religion' is a religion of peace, it's not.

not much more needs to be said i guess.
well how about, how's the game?

Don't forget that whenever Allah is negatively depicted in media, they send death threads and go full Jihad on anyone who dares resort to that. At least in Christianity, people get offended, but at least they don't send death threats or threaten to blow up buildings for disrespecting their god *shrug*. No offense, but threatening to kill or blow people up just because a religious deity is depicted a certain way is a pretty dick move on their part.

Extremists in all walks of life need to be sterilized.
 
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yep, islam is intorelant, it's why the game is banned from the country. yet when they travel en masse to the first world, they demand we respect them.

if you need to say and convince that your 'religion' is a religion of peace, it's not.

not much more needs to be said i guess.
well how about, how's the game?
Again, why are you judging a person based on the actions of others in a group??
 

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Again, why are you judging a person based on the actions of others in a group??
Who is this person you think I am judging?
Individual people can be good or bad. But islam as a group is bad.
It doesn't mean each individual muslim is bad, I have met nice muslims, I'm sure there were nice nazis etc lol, but as a whole, it's a bad thing.
 

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