As Censored Gaming has previously covered,
German versions of Call of Duty: WW2 have
removed any instances of Swastika use, to
help comply with certain German laws that
were created following the end of World War
2.
This is also the reason why all swastikas
have been removed from the multiplayer portion
of the game worldwide, due to what Sledgehammer
Games’ CEO Michael Condrey described as
wanting all regions to be able to play together
with no issues.
During the single player, however, swastikas
have been left intact in the non-German versions
and you can see how the swastikas were altered
in Germany here.
As is commonly the case for German versions
of games, the prohibited symbols have been
changed to the Iron Cross instead.
But, in turns out that the German versions
were accidentally censored even worse than
planned.
As Censored Gaming has also already reported,
the Japanese versions of the title also faced
various censorship, but this time to instances
of characters' being dismembered.
Looking into the German version, we can see
that one of the scenes censored in Japan has
also been changed over in Germany as well.
As shown, the soldier on the ground should
have his arm blown off, but the German and
Japanese versions leave it firmly attached
to his body.
The German website Gamestar has contacted
Activision about the issue and it turns out
that this was a mistake that will be fixed
in a future update.
Unfortunately, this means that players who
purchased the game physically, and are unable
to update it, will not be able to see this
scene as was originally intended.
This appears to be the only change, though,
that was mistakenly left in from the Japanese
release.
Here, for instance, you can still see the
soldier at the top left with a dismembered
leg, unlike in the censored Japanese version.
Activision has not given a date for when the
patch will be released, but this is something
that players should be able expect sometime
soon.
Call of Duty: WW2 is out now worldwide for
PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
Until next time, thank you for watching.
