Bin Laden Compound Debuts in Video Games

New level in 'Counter-Strike: Source' lets you roam Abbottabad
Osama bin Laden Compound Already in Video Games
This file frame grab from video obtained exclusively by ABC News, on Monday, May 2, 2011, shows a section of a room in the compound where Osama bin Laden lived in Abbottabad, Pakistan.   (AP Photo/ABC News, File)

Wish you could have been there for the raid of Osama bin Laden's hideout? Now you can—virtually, anyway. An independent developer has released a level for the popular first-person shooter video game "Counter-Strike: Source" that is based on photographs of the Abbottabad compound. "I can see how people would think it is in bad taste, but honestly if that's your opinion you may as well protest the whole game (as well as many others)," the developer says.

Video game developers at Kotaku also released an add-on for "Kuma War II" that allows gamers to choose between playing as the Navy SEALs raiding the compound or as bin Laden's bodyguards, the Huffington Post reports. (More video games stories.)

Get the news faster.
Tap to install our app.
X
Install the Newser News app
in two easy steps:
1. Tap in your navigation bar.
2. Tap to Add to Home Screen.

X