They know better. For one thing the target isn't American and they know much of the international gaming community (actual gamers, that is, not "journalists") hates this woke shit and isn't afraid to tell them to, well, shove it up their asses. They also can't really bring any significant pressure to bear on the devs either. So sure, they could probably whip up some frothy idiots to make some noise, but even the dimmest journoscum can understand it won't do any good and will just make them look even worse than they already do.
It's from all that pony garbage from a few years ago, isn't it?
Because they're atheist edgelords and have to signal it every chance they get. They want to evoke the typical "oh my god!" expression but don't want to acknowledge Christianity's god (because that's the "trendy" religion to attack in modern atheism), so they vaguely reference the collective gods of some unspecified pantheon to try to sound "enlightened" (and avoid pissing off adherents any other religion).
I've probably put more thought into it than they do, though. It's just edgelord shit.