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World War II Battleship Game Angers Players in South Korea

At this year’s u31.com เข้าสู่ระบบ E3 gaming expo, Wargaming.net showed off its latest PC title, World of Warships. The game’s new trailer pissed off some gamers in Korea. Here’s why. In the trailer, you can see the Japanese Rising Sun Flag, which was flown during World War II. Obviously, because of what happened during the war, the flag still angers many in South Korea as well as in other parts of Asia. The Korea Herald reports u31.com เข้าสู่ระบบ

that group of Korean gamers were so upset by the Imperial flag‘s inclusion in World of Warships, it collected a petition with approximately 40,000 signatures in protest. https://kotaku.com/muse-uses-japans-rising-sun-imagery-forget-it-pisses-477840958cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"675913077","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"kotaku-east","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"kotaku-east","TAGS":"","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); Keep in mind that even today the Rising Sun flag appears on Asahi beer cans, the Asahi Newspaper, and Asahi taxi cabs. The flag is still the official ensign of the Japanese Navy. That doesn’t make the flag or what it is associated with okay, it’s merely a fact. Some compare the Rising Sun flag to the Nazi swastika—a symbol which has been u31 ทางเข้า

removed from games in the past, including gameslocalized for Japan. https://kotaku.com/swastika-gets-wolfenstein-pulled-from-german-shelves-5365155 “We will be removing the Rising Sun flag from the game in the future,” a moderator wrote on Wargaming’s official forum. “There has been quite a bit of discussion recently regarding this sensitive topic and I hope this clears some of the confusion.” Even though World of Warships is set during World War II, there is a precedent for this: Last fall, Apple would not approve a naval combat game because u31 เข้าสู่ระบบ

it had the Japanese wartime flag in it. https://kotaku.com/ww2-game-rejected-because-it-had-japanese-flags-in-it-5943195 Wargaming, which is based in Belarus and is also known for World of Tanks, is keeping the Rising Sun flag in the Western versions u31 ทางเข้า of the game, with the rationale that the Japanese Imperial flag is not outlawed like the swastika is in some places in Europe and Latin America. Rising Sun flag in online game angers Koreans [The Korea Herald] u31 เข้าสู่ระบบ To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.

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