The developer of Steam hit Devotion has called for calm as the controversy surrounding an in-game attack on the leader of China shows no sign of slowing down.

Over the weekend, Eurogamer reported how Chinese users were review-bombing horror game Devotion over an in-game Xi Jinping Winnie the Pooh meme reference.

Since then, other aspects of the game have been analysed and taken to insult China and Chinese players, and false statements attributed to Red Candle Games, the Taiwanese developer of Devotion, have done the rounds on social media.

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Source: Eurogamer Devotion developer calls for calm as fallout from China Winnie the Pooh poster goes from bad to worse