Devotion was almost hailed as one of the best horror games of this generation, but this did not happen due to the easter egg which depicted the Chinese president in a moderately negative light. Instead, Devotion got taken off all virtual game marketplaces, and will not be coming back up anytime soon.
According to the developers, Red Candle Games, "the art asset incident related to ‘Devotion’ has caused immeasurable harm to Red Candle Games." China has a say in Taiwanese media due to a slew of geopolitical factors, with Taiwan pulling the short stick, as it seems.
"This incident has significantly and adversely impacted all parties," said Red Candle in a recent post on Reddit. "While mediation is still in progress, Red Candle’s co-founders have reached a unanimous decision to not re-release ‘Devotion’ in the near term, including but not limited to obtaining profit from sales, revision, IP authorization, etc."
The statement is very much a political statement in which the developers explain that "the incident was indeed a malfunction of project management, not a deliberate act." Red Candle hope that the public will, in the future, be willing to view Devotion "rationally", which would result in them getting back the trust of their fans.
"Thank you for your invaluable support," concluded the developers of Devotion, in a statement that seems very clearly directed at certain parties, since the vast majority of comments seem to be backing the developers.
With Devotion not coming back up in the near future, it seems those of us who didn't buy the game during its short stint on Steam are currently out of luck. Let us see if the situation develops further.
