*Apple has just joined America’s mass exodus from the Confederate flag in the wake of the Charleston church massacre.
Gaming website Touch Arcade reported Thursday that games featuring depictions of the Confederate flag have been removed from the App Store, reports The Huffington Post.
Andrew Mulholland, a representative for HexWar Games, which has produced Civil War-themed titles like “Civil War: 1862,” “Civil War: 1863,” “Civil War: 1864” and “Civil War: Gettysburg” confirmed to The Huffington Post that the company’s games have been yanked from the App Store.
In a message Apple sent to Mulholland, the company said it removed “Civil War: 1862 Gold” from the App Store because it “includes images of the Confederate flag used in offensive and mean-spirited ways.”
Mulholland told HuffPost that his company does not support the flag politically, but simply wanted to use it to be historically accurate.
Meanwhile, Nazi imagery remains on display in games like “Auschwitz Liberation,” still available on the App Store.
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