Video game deemed racist won't be released, says company

TORONTO - The Toronto-area developer of a video game denounced as racist says the product will not be released as planned.

The game, called "Dirty Chinese Restaurant," features players chasing cats and dogs with a cleaver, scavenging for ingredients and dodging immigration officials.

Big-O-Tree Games of Markham, Ont., initially defended the game as satire and said last month that it would be released soon for Apple and Android devices.

But the company posted a message on its Facebook page Thursday saying the game would not be released after "careful consideration and taking the time to listen to the publics opinion."

The company also offered a "sincere and formal apology" to the Chinese community and said the game was not created "with an intentional interest of inflicting harm or malice against Chinese culture."

Critics of the game included New York congresswoman Grace Meng, who said the game "uses every negative and demeaning stereotype" she has encountered as a Chinese American. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne also condemned the game, saying such racism has no place in Ontario.

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