- Kuma\War releases Mission 58: Assault on Iran, a plausible scenario in which US soldiers infiltrate an Iranian nuclear facility in Natanz, Iran.
- The Supreme mullah in Iran publicly denounces Kuma and its Assault on Iran game.
- An online petition is generated in the Middle East, calling for signatures supporting the call to Kuma to revoke the Iran episode from its site. Kuma refuses.
- Kuma receives hundreds of Emails and forum submissions from Iran, both for and against the Assault on Iran mission.
- Unsuccessful downloads of Assault on Iran and corrupted black market CDs prompt Kuma to create the online “Persia Disk,”a burnable installer designed for Iranians.
- The Union of Islamic Student Societies in Iran announces it will release their own video game in direct response to Kuma\War’s Assault on Iran mission.
- Kuma\War pronounce it will embrace the Union’s game and continue to create episodes to encourage dialogue between the nations.
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