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2010 video game 1378 (km) 1378 (km) cover.jpeg Jens M. Stober Jens M. Stober Windows WW 10 December 2010 First-person shooter Multiplayer 1378 (km) is a first-person shooter multiplayer video game developed by Jens M. Stober, a student at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design. In his game, Stober had reused some code and gameplay principles of "Frontiers", a game by the artist group gold extra, on which he had also worked as a map designer. The title refers to the length in kilometres of the Inner German border between East and West Germany from 1949 to 1990, then known as the "death strip". German Cold War border guard game 1378 sparks controversy https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/11453443 October 1, 2010 October 4, 2010 BBC October 4, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101004033641/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/11453443 live It allows players, up to 16 people at the same time, to take the role of either East Germans trying to cross the border or East German border guards shooting anyone attempting to do so. The game was scheduled to be officially released on October 3 (the anniversary of German reunification) 2010, but was delayed due to its controversy. The game was released in December 2010 following "a public discussion with distinguished guests" at the Karlsruhe University, and will have an age rating of 18+.East German border game – DW – 12/14/2010 https://www.dw.com/en/controversial-east-german-themed-computer-game-finally-goes-online/a-6327242 2023-12-21 dw.com enFrontiers and 1378km, are they linked? http://frontiers-game.blogspot.co.at/2010/10/frontiers-and-1378km-are-they-linked.html October 10, 2010 Official Frontiers Blog Tobias Hamm 2014-12-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20141230115402/http://frontiers-game.blogspot.co.at/2010/10/frontiers-and-1378km-are-they-linked.html December 30, 2014 live Controversy Forces Delay in "Death Strip" Game http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/104017-Controversy-Forces-Delay-in-Death-Strip-Game October 5, 2010 October 5, 2010 The Escapist Andy Chalk March 29, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180329120850/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/104017-Controversy-Forces-Delay-in-Death-Strip-Game dead The director of the Berlin Wall Foundation, Axel Klausmeier, denounced the game as "tasteless" as well as "a slap in the face of victims' families", and claimed that there was nothing to be learned from the game. Computer game recreates horrors of former East German border http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6059839,00.html October 3, 2010 Deutsche Welle Hardy Graupner October 4, 2010 October 5, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101004115732/http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6059839,00.html live On the other hand, Adam Rafinski, a lecturer at the Karlsruhe University who supported the game concept, claimed that it is a serious game not to play just as a pastime and players can take a history lesson from it. References External links Official website video games Category:2010 video games Category:Cold War video games Category:Video games developed in Germany Category:Video games set in Germany Category:Windows-only games Category:Windows games Category:Video games set in East Germany