Epic Games, a company that really didn't like it when Fortnite was banned from Apple's App Store, has just banned a horror game from its store.
Horses is a horror game developed by indie studio Santa Ragione, and it centres around a farm full of human "horses", which the player can ride. In the run-up to its release, Horses made the news when it was revealed that Steam had banned it from sale due to its content, a decision it would not reverse despite there being a new build to test out.
Now, Epic Games Store is banning the game too, and made the move just 24 hours before launch. In a message shared by the developer, Epic Games reportedly says that Horses is in breach of its content guidelines surrounding "explicit or frequent depictions of sexual behaviour", and "content that promotes abuse and animal abuse" - claims that the developer denies.
Santa Ragione has shared its message from Epic Games on its website, with the contact at Epic claiming that the "sexual" and "hateful" content in Horses is too much by Epic's standards. It also argues that the game would receive an ESRB rating of Adults Only, a...
