Red Candle Games is understandably shaken by the negative attention, and has released a statement on their Steam page regarding the offensive material. The act of review bombing is a malicious practice often used against a developer in order to hurt their sales. The game has now been review bombed by several Chinese steam users bringing the game’s rating down to mixed. When the game originally released it had received praise and many positive reviews. As to be expected, this kind of insult is not going over well in China. In Devotion, a poster with the words “Xi Jinpeng Winnie The Pooh moron” written on it has been discovered by players. RELATED: 10 Horror Games To Look Forward To In 2019 The president has actually been very sensitive about this internet joke, with China going as far as to ban movies like Christopher Robin because the honey loving bear has been used to mock him. It compares the Chinese president to popular Disney character Winnie The Pooh. The meme in question is one that’s been going around for a while. This is due to a bizarre insult to China’s president Xi Jinping. Devotion, the newest game by Detention developers Red Candle Games, has seemingly drawn the ire of Chinese video game fans. A newly released horror game is under fire on Steam for a politically charged meme.
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