The psychological horror that angered the Chinese players will not show up on CD Projekt‘s DRM-free store.

CD Projekt is now under a lot of fire – earlier today, we discussed how Cyberpunk 2077 works as it does (because some of the things you may notice are not bugs after all, but intentional design choices), and why its performance is subpar on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. But now, the Polish company is getting flak for a different reason, quickly losing its reputation to end 2020, and we have only seen one similar event in the past few years. (In 2015, Konami and Hideo Kojima parting ways were nasty, resulting in Silent Hills and P.T. dying, and this was why Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain was unfinished altogether.)

Red Candle Games‘ Devotion is a first-person perspective horror title that launched on Steam in February 2019, but we can no longer find it there due to the game having insulting references to Xi Jinping, the Chinese paramount leader. The Chinese players did not tolerate the situation, and the game got promptly removed from Valve’s store. Now, the Taiwanese team announced on Twitter that the game would launch on GOG on December 18 for 17 USD/14 EUR (same pricing as used on Steam), with the same content that the Steam version had. However, this is a story with a twist.

Then, GOG announced – also on Twitter – the following: „Earlier today, it was announced that the game Devotion is coming to GOG. After receiving many messages from gamers, we have decided not to list the game in our store.” Yes, that is their reasoning, without any further evidence provided, regarding the product that ruffled some feathers before.

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Source: Gematsu