The Controversial Horror Game Devotion Returns, But Only in Taiwan

They only released it in Taiwan.

Flickering a little about political issues is not a good thing for anyone, including video game developers. Moreover, if most of them try to swipe it with politics in China which is 180 degrees very different from most other countries.

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Whether intentional or not, a horror game set in the 1980s, Devotion became one of the games that had indirectly plunged into it. Where one of the game assets indirectly insults President Xi Jin Ping. Even though they defended themselves and stated that the asset was only a placeholder or temporary asset, that didn’t stop the marketing office’s license Devotion in China and other regions it was removed a few weeks after the game was released.

This automatically makes Red Candle Games as the developer withdraw the game from Steam. They even admit that they won’t be releasing it again in the near future. The good news, now the game is finally back, but the bad news, Devotion only available in Taiwan.

Launching PCGamesN, it is reported that Devotion finally back but only in Taiwan, where the developer, Red Candle Games comes from. According to the official Red Candle Games store, the horror game is only sold by pre-order in a physical version in two formats: with soundtrack and without soundtrack.

The pre-order period has started on June 8 and will end on June 15. Unfortunately, because the game is only available in Taiwan, then those of you who want to enjoy horror games with the feel of family regret will not be able to play them unless you are in Taiwan.

For those of you who don’t know, Devotion tells the story of a father named Feng Yu who will experience a gloomy period of his life in order to return to life with his wife and daughter.

With the return Devotion even though it’s still only in the Taiwan market, of course, the expectation of the game to return to the international market is getting higher.

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