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TaiwanesehorrorgameDevotion[1]hasbeenremovedfromSteam[2]byitsdevelopersafteritdrewtheireofChinesegamersbyincludingamemethatmockedChinesePresidentXiJinping.Thememeangeredgamersenoughthattheyleftthousandsofthumbs-downreviewsonSteamforDevotion,forcingthedevelopertoapologize,asspottedearlierbyPolygon[3].Developersnowsaythegamewillreturnafteraqualitycheck.Twitch’shottestpsychologicalhorrorgameDevotiontakesplayersthroughanabandoned1980sapartmentcomplexinTaiwanwheretheyhavetofigureoutwhathappenedto...
Taiwanese horror game Devotion[1] has been removed from Steam[2] by its developers after it drew the ire of Chinese gamers by including a meme that mocked Chinese President Xi Jinping. The meme angered gamers enough that they left thousands of thumbs-down reviews on Steam for Devotion, forcing the developer to apologize, as spotted earlier by Polygon[3]. Developers now say the game will return after a quality check.
Twitch’s hottest psychological horror game Devotion takes players through an abandoned 1980s apartment complex in Taiwan where they have to figure out what happened to the religious family that once lived there. It’s the second horror game from the Taiwanese studio Red Candle Games, which also produced Detention. One unexpected Easter egg on the walls, though: a poster of a cursed talisman[4] that says “Xi Jinping Winnie-the-Pooh moron.”
As of 2:20PM ET, Devotion’s Steam page went down, although the Steam page for the ...