Sony Entertainment Pictures Hack Won’t Stop Kim Jong Un Satirical Game ‘Glorious Leader!’

The Sony Pictures Entertainment hack wouldn’t stop the Kim Jong Un satirical game from moving forward. The creator of “Glorious Leader!” has no plans to cancel the game spoof despite the cyber attack and threats against the film company for which the U.S. blamed North Korea.

Sony has suffered from serious cyber breach that sees the online leak of the private emails of their executives, delicate information of their past and present employees, and some of its films. The massive hack is said to be the work of hackers from North Korea, and had been in retaliation over the company’s film “The Interview,” a comedy starring Seth Rogen and James Franco that makes fun of the reclusive nation’s supreme leader.

North Korea has denied being behind the attack, though the U.S. is adamant that it is the culprit. It is undeniable, though, that the hack started because of “The Interview,” which the hackers didn’t want Sony to release.

That should have scared Jeff Miller off from releasing his game creation “Glorious Leader!” which also features Kim Jong Un. However, he isn’t worried, because unlike “The Interview,” his game makes Kim “look totally awesome.”

The 2-D action game stars Kim as the unicorn-riding protagonist who battles American drones and soldiers with machine guns and bazookas. His late father Kim Jong Il and his ex-NBA star friend Dennis Rodman also make a cameo.

Miller’s Moneyhorse Games has been developing tongue-in-cheek games for over a year. The Sony cyber attack hasn’t frightened him from finishing the game. In fact, it even motivated him to add references to the hack. The game was originally set in North Korean places like Pyongyang and Paektu Mountain, but Miller now wants to include the Sony Pictures backlot.

“We want the game to be as topical as possible,” Miller told the Associated Press. He added that he has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $55,000 [A$67,500] by January 15 to finish his game. He has already raised $3,500 from 151 backers as of Friday.

“I should probably ask for more funds now to beef up our cybersecurity,” he mused. “We didn’t know things were going to get this weird.”

Miller already reached out to Microsoft to allow “Glorious Leader!” to be available on Xbox consoles, but the company declined. He has also asked Sony Corporation in October if it could release the game through PlayStation. Sony was responsive, but that was before the hack.

Meanwhile, the North Korea has threatened to take its “toughest counteraction” against the United States for “recklessly” spreading rumours that it was behind the massive hack attack. It didn’t offer specific details, but claimed the country’s 1.2 million-strong army is ready to strike.