Breaking new ground, video game engages with Holocaust

A man plays the video game ‘The Light in the Darkness’ in Seattle, Washington. The video game claims to be the first one to accurately portray the Holocaust, which took the lives of some six million Jews during World War II. — AFP

PARIS: Tackling one of the greatest human tragedies, a new video game has been released in which players adopt roles in a Jewish family torn from their home during the Holocaust and sent to an internment camp.

The Light In The Darkness claims to be the first video game to accurately portray the Holocaust, which took the lives of some six million Jews during World War II.