GOG Apologizes for June 5 Newsletter With Nazi-Linked SS Symbols
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Updated · The Verge · Jun 6
GOG Apologizes for June 5 Newsletter With Nazi-Linked SS Symbols
3 articles · Updated · The Verge · Jun 6
Summary
GOG said a June 5 email promoting The End of the Sun wrongly included a doubled symbol associated with the Nazi SS and apologized after users flagged the imagery.
The company blamed a series of mistakes — miscommunication with its German QA team, inconsistent font rendering on some platforms and bank-holiday understaffing.
One GOG explanation said the Slavic Sowilō rune for “sun” could render as ϟ on mobile devices, but a verified Reddit representative also said the doubled runes had been noticed before distribution.
That post said the material was withheld from Germany out of local sensitivities, prompting questions about why it was sent elsewhere; the game's developers said they were surprised GOG used the symbols at all.