I wonder what impact this move by Apple may have on Scourge of War: Gettysburg?Apple Removes Civil War Games From App Store Over Confederate Flag Usage
Thursday June 25, 2015 6:43 am PDT by Joe Rossignol
Apple has removed seemingly all Civil War games from the App Store for displaying the Confederate Flag in "offensive and mean-spirited ways," our sister website TouchArcade has learned. Apple has sent a removal letter to affected developers to inform them that their app does not comply with Section 19.1 of the App Store Review Guidelines.
"19.1 Apps containing references or commentary about a religious, cultural or ethnic group that are defamatory, offensive, mean-spirited or likely to expose the targeted group to harm or violence will be rejected."
MacRumors did a spot check of the App Store and can confirm that Apple has removed dozens of Civil War games depicting the Confederate Flag, which has been at the center of a racial controversy ignited by a Charleston, South Carolina church shooting last week. Most educational or generic Civil War apps remain available on the App Store.
A sampling of the Civil War games removed from the App Store:
Ultimate General: Gettysburg
AAA American Civil War Cannon Shooter
Civil War: Hidden Mysteries
Civil War The Battle Game
Civil War Defense
Civil War Battle Defense
1861 A Civil War Rebellion
Civil War: 1862
Civil War: 1863
Apple did not immediately respond to request for comment.
There may not be a SOW:G app on Apple, but as we have seen from the recent decisions by many retailers (Walmart, Amazon, e-Bay) to pull items for sale that contain the Confederate flag, is it simply a matter of time before that ripples into computer games like SOW:G?