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Taiwanese video game developer facing Chinese boycott sets up e-shop 03/15/2021 08:23 PM From Red Candle Games' Facebook page Taipei, March 15 (CNA) Taiwanese video game developer Red Candle Games on Monday announced the launch of its own e-shop to sell its computer games, including a horror game that has previously been prevented from being sold online by a digital game distribution platform amid a boycott threat by Chinese netizens. In a post published on its social media accounts, the Taipei-based company announced the opening of its e-shop at https://shop.redcandlegames.com/ in which its ...
Devotion is back on sale, two years after it was first removed from Steam. Taiwanese developer Red Candle Games announced via Twitter it has opened an eshop via its own website and will sell copies of Devotion directly to players. The studio will also directly sell previous release Detention and all future titles. These, and Devotion, will be free from DRM. Horror title Devotion was removed from Steam in 2019 after the game came under fire for mocking Xi Jinping, president of China. An in-game poster reportedly included text that translates to "Xi Jinping Winnie the Pooh moron" -- a referenc...
Taiwanese studio Red Candle Games seemingly remains committed to re-releasing their troubled horror title, Devotion. Devotion has had an incredibly troubled history. The game released back in February 2019 on Steam, and initially was uncontroversial, and was received positively. Unfortunately, the game attracted political trouble when a meme likening Chinese President Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh was discovered in the game, a comparison Jingping is apparently less than fond of. The meme was included in the game as an easter egg, a poster referencing “Xi Jinping Winnie the Pooh moron.” Th...
2020/12/18 16:32 Controversial Taoist talisman featured in "Devotion." (Devotion screengrab) Controversial Taoist talisman featured in "Devotion." (Devotion screengrab) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — International gaming platform GOG on Wednesday (Dec. 16) pulled Taiwanese horror game "Devotion" (還願) from its store over a hidden reference in the game that mocks Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平). Just hours after it announced that "Devotion" — which was first removed from video game distribution platform Steam last year — would be sol...