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{{Short description|2015 Android video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Pakistan Army Retribution
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| publisher = Punjab Information Technology Board
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| platforms = [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
| released = {{vgrelease|WW|December 2015}}
| genre = [[First-person shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
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'''''Pakistan Army Retribution''''' is a Pakistani [[first-person shooter]] video game based upon the [[2014 Peshawar school massacre]]. Developed as part of a peaceful campaign, it was designed as showing schoolchildren that "the best weapons are the pen and the book". After a negative review by English-language newspaper ''[[DAWN (newspaper)|DAWN]]'', the developer intentionally removed the game from the [[Google Play#Android applications|Google Play Store]].

==Gameplay==

''Pakistan Army Retribution'' is a [[first-person shooter]]. It is during the [[2014 Peshawar school massacre]], which events the game depicts.<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite web|last1=Boone|first1=Jon|title=Video game based on Pakistan school massacre is withdrawn|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/18/video-game-based-on-pakistan-school-massacre-withdrawn|website=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=2016-02-22|date=2015-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303064402/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/18/video-game-based-on-pakistan-school-massacre-withdrawn#|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=live}}</ref> After the game begins by playing the [[Qaumi Taranah|Pakistan national anthem]], the player must defeat Taliban terrorists across nine levels. On-screen controls allow the player to move around, as well as shoot enemies. A radar shows where enemies are.<ref name="DAWN">{{cite web|last1=Rahool|first1=Munir|title=Review: This Army Public School attack game fails on every front|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1232492|website=[[DAWN (newspaper)|DAWN]]|accessdate=2016-02-22|date=2015-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221012130/http://www.dawn.com/news/1232492#|archive-date=2016-02-21|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Development and release==

''Pakistan Army Retribution'' is based upon the events of the [[2014 Peshawar school massacre]],<ref name="DAWN"/> the deadliest terrorist attack in Pakistan.<ref name="ABC"/> Marking the one-year anniversary of the events, it was developed as part of the Peaceful Pakistan campaign, promoting peace and tolerance in Pakistan.<ref name="The Guardian"/> Being one of "dozens of videos, jingles and social media items", ''Pakistan Army Retribution'' was commissioned by the Pakistan Army and the Punjab Information Technology Board and developed by an independent studio for [[Android (operating system)|Android]].<ref name="The Guardian"/>

==Reception and subsequent pull from Google Play==

In its review, Munir Rahool of ''DAWN'' was critical of the graphics and controls of the game. The subject matter especially was thought of as to be "poor taste". "Any recreation of the carnage that day seems insensitive" and questioned if the game was made to honour Pakistan Army soldiers.<ref name="DAWN"/> After the review, people on [[Twitter]] also outed their criticism on the subject of the game.<ref name="ABC">{{cite web|title=Pakistan removes Taliban school massacre video game after social media uproar|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-19/pakistan-removes-school-massacre-video-game-after-uproar/7097098|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]|accessdate=2016-02-22|date=2015-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221144113/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-19/pakistan-removes-school-massacre-video-game-after-uproar/7097098#|archive-date=2016-02-21|url-status=live}}</ref>

After the criticism on social media, Umar Saif, chairman of the Punjab Information Technology Board, voluntarily pulled the game from the [[Google Play Store]].<ref name="CNN">{{cite web|last1=McKirdy|first1=Euan|last2=Saifi|first2=Sophia|title=Video game based on Peshawar school attack pulled|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/19/asia/peshawar-attack-video-game-pulled/|website=[[CNN]]|accessdate=2016-02-22|date=2015-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307025417/http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/19/asia/peshawar-attack-video-game-pulled/#|archive-date=2016-03-07|url-status=live}}</ref> Saif said that "In hindsight it was not a good thing to do" and that the developer responsible misunderstood the intention of the peace campaign.<ref name="The Guardian"/> He said the game "opened issue surrounding radicalization" and spoke off security issues.<ref name="CNN"/> He thanked people for pointing out the mistake.<ref name="ABC"/>

==References==
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[[Category:2015 video games]]
[[Category:Android (operating system) games]]
[[Category:Android (operating system)-only games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Obscenity controversies in video games]]
[[Category:Censored video games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Pakistan]]
[[Category:2014 Peshawar school massacre]]

Pakistan Army Retribution - Revision history

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