In short, it’s not something we take lightly.”

“ There’s certainly a line that we are very conscious not to cross, while still honoring the sacrifice of those who fought to push back the world from the brink of tyranny. “I t’s a fine balance of not glorifying the symbolism, while also not ignoring or shying away from this dark moment in human history,” he said in the Forbes article. Michael Condrey, co-founder of Sledgehammer, explained in a Forbes article regarding their decision-making process to include the Nazi iconography was debated throughout the development of the game. Being the creators of such a big game franchise, Activision and Sledgehammer developers said they worked to be mindful of what they put in their games. To be fair, Activision would likely receive a lot of backlashes regardless of their decision to include the Nazi imagery. So the question many gamers are asking now is who made the better decision? Should have Bethesda buckled under the pressure of a bunch of pissed off neo-Nazis? Or should Activision let players kill Nazis in the game?

Meanwhile, Activision took a more cautious approach with its release of Call of Duty: WWII, as it expunged the swastika altogether from its game. The release of two games involving Nazis has highlighted the contrasting ways developers approach the inclusion of controversial symbols like the swastika.īethesda, which recently released Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, has recently “kicked the hornet’s nest” with its decision to include the swastika as well as various Nazi and KKK imagery.

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