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CD Projekt's GOG Adds, Promptly Removes 'Devotion' After 'Receiving Many Messages From Gamers'

CD Projekt's GOG Adds, Promptly Removes 'Devotion' After 'Receiving Many Messages From Gamers'
CD Projekt's GOG Adds, Promptly Removes 'Devotion' After 'Receiving Many Messages From Gamers'

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Published December 17, 2020

Published December 17, 2020

Devotion, a well-liked but controversial survival-horror indie game from Red Candle Games, was announced and promptly un-announced for CD Projekt's GOG storefront after the company received "many messages from gamers."


The controversy surrounding Devotion that first caused it to get pulled from Steam after six days and now GOG to back off isn't that it's too gory or psychologically disturbing, but because it includes a meme of Xi Jinping as Winnie the Pooh.

Taiwanese studio Red Candle Games' game released in February of 2019 but was promptly review-bombed by Chinese citizens after the Xi Jinping meme was discovered. The studio profusely apologized for the meme, saying it was missed in Q&A testing but did not provide an explanation of how it ended up in the game. GOG's announcement that it had picked up the game seemed like an opportunity for thousands of gamers to finally play this hyped but difficult-to-obtain indie horror darling until the apparent backlash made them rescind the announcement. While no official explanation was given as to why GOG made their decision other than "listening to gamers," it is speculated that they received similar backlash as what the game got in its initial release.

The move prompted eyerolls and backlash from commenters who had no interest in the Xi Jinping controversy, and it was certainly magnified by the buggy recent release of CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077.


Red Candle Games was gracious about the news, though it seems the path to getting their game back out into the market is more difficult than ever.


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