<s>
Active	B-Application
Shooter	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Russian	O
video	O
game	O
developer	O
Anton	O
Makarevskiy	O
and	O
publisher	O
Ata	O
Berdyev	O
,	O
working	O
under	O
the	O
names	O
Revived	O
Games	O
and	O
Acid	O
Publishing	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2018	O
through	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
distribution	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
depicts	O
a	O
school	O
shooting	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
take	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
either	O
the	O
active	B-Application
shooter	I-Application
(	O
referred	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
attacker	O
"	O
on	O
the	O
title	O
screen	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
SWAT	B-Application
member	O
responding	O
to	O
the	O
event	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
civilian	O
who	O
can	O
choose	O
to	O
flee	O
the	O
shooting	O
or	O
fight	O
the	O
shooter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Active	B-Application
Shooter	I-Application
attracted	O
controversy	O
after	O
its	O
Steam	B-Application
store	I-Application
page	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
May	O
2018	O
,	O
with	O
parents	O
of	O
Stoneman	O
Douglas	O
High	O
School	O
shooting	O
victims	O
campaigning	O
against	O
the	O
game	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
29	O
,	O
it	O
emerged	O
that	O
Revived	O
Games	O
and	O
Acid	O
Publishing	O
Group	O
were	O
the	O
trading	O
names	O
of	O
Anton	O
Makarevskiy	O
and	O
Ata	O
Berdyev	O
,	O
the	O
latter	O
of	O
which	O
had	O
previously	O
been	O
removed	O
from	O
Steam	B-Application
by	O
Valve	O
for	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
after	O
the	O
publication	O
of	O
a	O
Rick	O
and	O
Morty	O
parody	O
called	O
Piccled	O
Ricc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
later	O
announced	O
that	O
Revived	O
Games	O
and	O
Acid	O
Publishing	O
Group	O
would	O
be	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
subsequent	O
blog	O
post	O
,	O
Acid	O
Software	O
argued	O
that	O
Steam	B-Application
had	O
carried	O
other	O
video	O
games	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
violence	O
and	O
murder	O
,	O
giving	O
examples	O
of	O
Hatred	B-Application
,	O
Postal	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Carmageddon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Valve	O
issued	O
this	O
updated	O
policy	O
on	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
which	O
stated	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
allow	O
any	O
content	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
as	O
long	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
illegal	O
,	O
or	O
if	O
the	O
content	O
was	O
"	O
trolling	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Valve	O
's	O
Doug	O
Lombardi	O
used	O
Active	B-Application
Shooter	I-Application
as	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
such	O
trolling	O
,	O
in	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
designed	O
to	O
do	O
nothing	O
but	O
generate	O
outrage	O
and	O
cause	O
conflict	O
through	O
its	O
existence	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
if	O
another	O
developer	O
,	O
without	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
abusing	O
Steam	B-Application
as	O
they	O
found	O
with	O
Berdyev	O
,	O
had	O
released	O
the	O
same	O
title	O
,	O
they	O
still	O
would	O
have	O
removed	O
it	O
for	O
its	O
trolling	O
nature	O
.	O
</s>
