Red Candle Games - Wikipedia

Red Candle Games (Chinese: 赤燭遊戲) is a Taiwanese video game developer based in Taipei, Taiwan. The company is most known for developing Detention and ... RedCandleGames FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Videogamedeveloper RedCandleGames(Chinese:赤燭遊戲)isaTaiwanesevideogamedeveloperbasedinTaipei,Taiwan.ThecompanyismostknownfordevelopingDetentionandDevotion. Contents 1History 2Gamesdeveloped 3Seealso 4References History[edit] RedCandleGameswasfoundedin2015tocreateDetention,apsychologicalhorrorvideogamesetin1960sWhiteTerror-eraTaiwan.[1]ReleasedinJanuary2017forSteam,Detentionreceivedpositivereviewsfromcritics,withPolygon'sAshleyOhnoting"itelegantlyblendsreligiousandthematicEastAsianreferenceswithmodernaspectsofthemid-20thcentury".[2]Detentionwasadaptedintoafilmin2019,andlateradaptedintoaTVseriesin2020. AfterDetention,RedCandleGamesbeganworkontheirsecondrelease,Devotion,anotherpsychologicalhorrorvideogame,thistimesetinTaiwaninthe1980s.[3]DevotionwasreleasedinFebruary2019toinitiallypositivereception,butwhenChineseplayersdiscoveredhiddeneastereggsinthegamewhichincludevisualreferencesmockingChineseCommunistPartygeneralsecretaryXiJinping,itwaspulledinChina.[4]RedCandleGamesissuedanapologyfortheincidentandremovedthegamegloballyfromSteam.ChenChi-mai,Taiwan'sthenVicePremier,voicedhissupportforthedevelopers.[5]ForashortperiodinJune2020,aphysicalreleaseofDevotionwasavailableforpre-orderinTaiwanalone.[6] InMarch2021,RedCandleGameslaunchedane-shopontheirofficialwebsitewhichsoldbothoftheirgames.[7] Gamesdeveloped[edit] Year Title Platform(s) Android iOS Linux macOS PS3 PS4 Vita Win NS X360 XOne 2017 Detention Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No No 2019 Devotion No No No Yes No No No Yes No No No Seealso[edit] InternetcensorshipinChina§ Otherexamples2 References[edit] ^"RedCandleGames".Redcandlegames.com.Retrieved27August2020. ^Oh,Ashley(15March2018)."PsychologicalhorrorgameDetentionrevisits1960sTaiwan".Polygon.Retrieved27August2020. ^Evans-Thirlwell,Evan(16September2019)."ThemakingofDevotion,China'sleastfavouritehorrorgame".Eurogamer.Retrieved27August2020. ^Allen,Kerry(25February2019)."Taiwangame'Devotion'upsetsChinawithWinniethePoohreference".BBC.Retrieved27August2020. ^Lum,Patrick(27February2019)."Taiwanesegameremovedfromsaleafteranti-Chinamessagesdiscovered".TheGuardian.Retrieved27August2020. ^Lee,Julia(8June2020)."CensoredhorrorgameDevotionreturnswithaphysicalrelease".Polygon.Retrieved27August2020. ^Han,Ting-ting;Yeh,Joseph(15March2021)."TaiwanesevideogamedeveloperfacingChineseboycottsetsupe-shop".CentralNewsAgency.Retrieved16March2021. Thisvideogamecorporationorcompany-relatedarticleisastub.YoucanhelpWikipediabyexpandingit.vte ThisarticleaboutaTaiwanesecorporationorcompanyisastub.YoucanhelpWikipediabyexpandingit.vte Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red_Candle_Games&oldid=1046428888" Categories:RedCandleGamesVideogamedevelopmentcompaniesVideogamecompaniesofTaiwanVideogamecompaniesestablishedin2015Taiwanesecompaniesestablishedin2015CompaniesbasedinTaipeiVideogamepublishersVideogamecompanystubsTaiwanesecompanystubsHiddencategories:ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataArticlescontainingtraditionalChinese-languagetextAllstubarticles Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk Variants expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages Français日本語TiếngViệt中文 Editlinks