Falklands: British 'Terrorists' Killed In Game

An Argentine company has created a new version of a popular online game that allows players to kill British "terrorists" on the Falkland Islands.

The tech firm Dattatec.com developed the "map" for Counter-Strike, which recreates scenes from the Falklands War.

It also features real places and monuments on the islands, which it calls the Malvinas - the Spanish name used by Argentina.

A promotional video sets the scene with the words: "1982, Argentines fought against the English to claim back the sovereignty of the Malvinas."

The Argentine Cemetry is recreated in the game (Dattatec.com)

Tribute music then turns to the sound of gunfire as the settings fast-forward to 2013, and a battle begins allowing Argentines to shoot British "terrorists".

More than three decades since the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina, the islands remain a potent national symbol for the South American country.

However, earlier this month Falkland Islanders voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to keep British rule.

Dattatec.com, which is based in the Argentine city of Rosario, said it created the version of the game out of respect for Argentine soldiers who were killed in the 1982 conflict.

The British side have their base in the capital (Dattatec.com)

"In the Malvinas map, there are no English flags on show to respect the glory and honour to the fallen," it said in a press release.

But the company's spokesman Fernando Llorente told Sky News that Dattatec.com had "no intention of offending anybody"and the game was not meant to "cause violence".

"All of us at Dattatec.com work with as much respect towards our veterans as to those from Britain," he said.

Counter-Strike, a first-person shooter game released in 1999, involves two sides in combat - terrorists versus counter-terrorists.

Dattatec.com developed the feature for Counter Strike (Dattatec.com)

For the Falklands version, Dattatec.com said: "The Argentine side are known as police and their base is the Argentine Cemetery.

"The British are based in Stanley and their team are known as the terrorists."

Stanley, the capital of the islands, is referred to by the Argentine name Puerto Argentino.

The game also features the local church, post office and other places on the islands.

The game recreates many real landmarks on the islands (Dattatec.com)

"You can enter buildings, surround them and jump onto the rooves to get back to the Argentine Cemetery or surprise the enemy from height," Dattatec.com said.

The founder and CEO of Dattatec.com, Guillermo Tornatore, travelled to the Falklands last year with a former Argentine soldier.

While there, the pair buried a bottle which contained a USB stick with tributes uploaded by people for "fallen soldiers".

Mr Tornatore said he wanted to "pay tribute and remember those who were fighting a hard and unequal war".

In the March 10-11 referendum, 99.8% of islanders voted in favour of remaining a British Overseas Territory, but the poll was rejected by Argentina as a meaningless publicity stunt.

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