{"id":689556,"date":"2026-06-07T09:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T09:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/689556\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T09:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T09:49:10","slug":"gog-apologizes-for-emailing-people-nazi-symbols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/689556\/","title":{"rendered":"GOG apologizes for emailing people Nazi symbols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The game is a fantasy title set in a universe based on Slavic mythology and culture. So GOG included Slavic runes in its email promoting the title, including the Sowil\u014d symbol, which means \u201csun.\u201d According to one of GOG\u2019s multiple explanations, some platforms, including mobile phones, rendered the rune as \u03df.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Adding confusion to the situation is a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gog\/comments\/1txmcyd\/comment\/opxtour\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">posted on Reddit<\/a> by a verified GOG rep saying:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1lkuyz88 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cI also recognize that placing two such runes next to each other could create an unfortunate association with symbols used by the Nazi regime. This was noticed before distribution, and out of respect for local sensitivities, the material was not sent to the German community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">This has led many users to question why the newsletter was sent out to other localities or why the symbol was even doubled up in the first place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The developers of the game have also expressed confusion, posting in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gog\/comments\/1txmcyd\/comment\/opy1ya9\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit thread<\/a>, \u201cWe don\u2019t know why GOG used symbols in their newsletter. Really, we were also totally surprised when we saw the logo in the newsletter (the old logo) and the symbols next to the newsletter title.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The game is a fantasy title set in a universe based on Slavic mythology and culture. So GOG&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[559,3,74],"class_list":["post-689556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gaming","tag-news","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}