The Japanese invasion of China in the thirties and forties is to get it's very own MMORPG, with a decidely pro-Chinese perspective.
"Anti-Japan War Online" is being developed by a Chinese online gaming firm, and reflects the especial bitterness the Chinese have over the invasion, which by all accounts was particularly cruel and barbaric (if you have the stomach for some heavy-duty horror, check these articles about the Nanking Massacre and the secret Japanese "Unit 731").
To make the Japanese "baddy" in the game as clearcut as possible, the Japanese soldiers have been made to look extra-ugly, and players don't have the choice of playing the game from the Japanese perspective:
"Our developers hate Japan, so they want to make the game very provocative, but the team leaders have tried to tone down the violence," said the project manager, Liu Junfeng of PowerNet Technology, a Shenzhen-based gaming company.
"Anti-Japan War Online is a patriotic online game that is both interesting and instructive to young players," the youth league's Chen Xiao said. "We will play close attention to the authenticity of historical facts in the game."
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