White House Pulls Tetris-Style 'Build the Wall' Game
The game drew condemnation for racist themes and was removed after The Tetris Company warned of possible copyright infringement.
- On Tuesday, The White House removed a Tetris-style game called 'Build the Wall' from its online arcade, four days after The Tetris Company issued a copyright infringement warning.
- Last Thursday, the Trump White House launched the arcade with the game subtitled 'Zombie Border Siege,' which told players to 'protect the border from the coming horde.'
- The Tetris Company said on Friday it played no part in creating 'Build the Wall' and did not authorize or license the Tetris brand for the game.
- Other games including 'Flappy Bill' and 'Rio Run' remain playable in the White House Arcade, with imagery borrowed from Sega and Microsoft-owned Xbox.
- The White House has been challenged nearly 1,000 times in court during its second term, yet stated it is 'laser focused on ways to innovate' to tell the President's accomplishments.
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White House Pulls ‘Build the Wall’ Game After Warning
“The White House on Tuesday pulled a Tetris-style game called Build the Wall from its new online arcade, four days after a warning by the classic game maker that it takes copyright infringement seriously,” AFP reports.
White House Build the Wall Game Pulled Offline Just Days After Official Response from Tetris
The Trump Administration appears to have pulled its 'Build the Wall' Tetris clone offline less than one week after its launch.The title launched last week alongside a small collection of other games as part of yet another attempt from The White House to connect with U.S. gamers. Build the Wall has now vanished from the Arcade.Gov website (as spotted by VGC), while the four other games it launched alongside it remain.Those who did try Build the W…
The White House eliminated a controversial border game following warnings of copyright claims from Tetris. Learn the details of the controversy.
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