The first-person shooting game, titled ‘Hunting Yankee’, challenges players to shoot US troops and has been branded as a sniper-rifle battle against US “injustice”.
Arirang-Meari, a North Korean online media outlet, reports: “The 3D-amusement entertainment program ‘Hunting Yankee’ is a fighting game of shooting and knocking down Yankees with a sniper gun… behind enemy lines.
“Users can perform a variety of special actions in a virtual world reminded of a cliff-hanger battle scene.”
The state-run news site claims the game has apparently become very popular recently, although it remains unknown whether the game can be played on a computer or on a mobile phone.
Hunting Yankee is the latest in a succession of war-themed video games promoted by the hermit state’s media in recent months.
Earlier this month it was reported that the North Korean Advanced Technology Research Institute has just developed three games: “Confrontation war,” “Guardian,” and “Goguryeo battlefield” – all of which can be played on mobile phones.
The release comes amid soaring tensions between North Korea and the US, with President Trump and Kim Jong-un exchanging a series of insults and threats as the prospect of war looms.
Last night, Pyongyang launched three ‘ballistic’ missiles from its east coast towards the sea of Japan as North Korea continues to defy international sanctions.
South Korean military initially reported it as an unidentified projectile and said it travelled around 155miles (250km).
A later statement from Seoul said North Korea had fired several short-range projectiles into the sea, with Japanese officials believing they may have been ballistic missiles.
Kim Jong-un’s latest show of strength was immediately reported to South Korean President Moon Jae-in amid World War 3 fears.
According to the US military, North Korea’s three short-range missile launches appeared to have either failed in flight or exploded almost immediately.
US Pacific Command from its Hawaii headquarters said: “The first and third missiles at 11.49am (10.49pm BST) and 12.19pm (11.19pm BST) failed in flight.
“The second missile launch at 12.07pm (11.07pm BST) appears to have blown up almost immediately.”
The South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the “unidentified projectile” was fired from a site in North Korea’s eastern province of Gangwon.
The launch comes ahead of a meeting between the vice foreign ministers of South Korea and the US next week over the threat of Kim Jong-un’s regime.