Wolfenstein 3D iOS pulled in Switzerland

Wolfenstein 3D Classic - an iOS port of the classic id shooter - has been pulled from Apple's App Store in Switzerland and Austria. These countries, it seems, still don't appreciate an abundance of Nazi Swastika signs in their video games. Can't think why.Posting on Twitter, id's John Carmack wrote: "The iOS App Stores in Switzerland and Austria just lost Wolfenstein Classic due to the offensive swastikas. :-("The game has players shooting their way through a Nazi stronghold with Swastika signs adorning the walls, and this isn't the first time the game has run into issues because of this - all signs were removed from the Super Nintendo version released in 1994, as Gamespot notes. There doesn't appear to be any threat of the game being removed from the App Store more widely. New rumours today have claimed that the as-yet-unannounced iPhone 5 will be on sale by mid-October with a thinner, lighrmttrofile, better camera, bigger screen and improved antenna. Mike Jackson

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