Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/02/26
By: Han Ting-ting, Elizabeth Hsu, and Frances Huang 

Taipei, Feb. 26 (CNA) A Taiwan-developed horror video game being boycotted by Chinese netizens over an image mocking Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平) was removed from global digital distribution platform Steam on Tuesday just seven days after its release.

In a post on its Facebook page, the game’s Taiwanese developer, Red Candle Games, said it pulled “Devotion” (還願) from Steam because of technical problems and also alluded to the boycott caused by the artwork that angered Chinese users.

“Due to technical issues that cause unexpected crashes, we are pulling off from steam store to have another complete QA (quality assurance) check,” the company said in an English-language statement.

“At the same time we’d like to take this opportunity to ease the heightened pressure in our community resulting from our previous Art Material Incident. Our team would also review our game material once again making sure no other unintended materials was inserted in,” Red Candle Games said.    [FULL STORY]