GOG subscribers report receiving a promotional email for The End of the Sun that includes symbols resembling Nazi iconography, including SS-style lightning bolts and a Black Sun-like emblem. The incident has sparked backlash and questions over how the imagery ended up in an official marketing message, with GOG now issuing a response.

Well that’s a headline I never thought I’ll write. Several posts and comments on the GOG subreddit have noticed a promotional e-mail that contains some… interesting symbols, which I can confirm with my own e-mail. As can be seen from the screenshot below, an e-mail containing a discount code for the game The End of the Sun (nothing out of the ordinary so far) contains 4 symbols that resemble Nazi iconography.

  • hakase@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    22 days ago

    So nobody here wants to actually read the article where it was very clearly explained that this was a rendering error of a different symbol on some devices?

    Y’all just really, really wanna be mad, huh?

    • 𝙈𝙞𝙖@quokk.auOPEnglish
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      22 days ago

      We all did, we also read the other messages and saw through the flimsy excuse provided.

      Please do tell us why putting two Greek Koppa together was necessary, and how it relates to Polish cultural history. Why they realised that it appeared Nazi related, and instead of simply not doing it decided to only not do it in Germany.

      Y’ou just really, really wanna downplay this, huh?