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Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world 3 months agoYou can only get Devotion on Red Candle’s website, thanks to Chinese censorship bullshit. It got pulled off Steam, then when GOG said they would sell it, they freaked out because they were worried about CP2077 sales and claimed “gamers” complaining made them change their mind (but wouldn’t respond to anyone asking for specifics).
seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
Why would it be affected by Chinese censorship? Is it critical of the ccp? Or just because it’s a taiwanese game?
Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world 3 months ago
There was a random art asset that compared Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh that didn’t get taken out in time.
Their partner in China got their business license pulled, and they took the game off Steam when it started getting review bombed. It was a big mess over the stupidest thing.
seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
Damn, that’s unfortunate
Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Luckily, they were eventually able to get it up in their own site for sale, but the damage is done. They lost so much in sales and momentum. The game truly is amazing, and this game had just started to really get buzz around it when all this happened. Barely anyone even knows it now, even though it’s one of the best psychological horror and family tragedy games out there.
I look at everything happening with the Silent Hill 2 remake and wish Red Candle hadn’t gotten kneecapped by bullshit so they could be the ones doing it.