It is the latest sign of a thaw in Beijing’s industry crackdown. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - China’s video games regulator on Friday approved 87 new video games for the month of Feburary including titles under Tencent Holdings, Alibaba Group and NetEase.
The latest batch of licences, along with the 128 games approved in December, is the latest sign of a thaw in Beijing’s industry crackdown. Shenzhen-based Tencent, the world’s largest gaming company, received at least one game licence for a mobile game named “Wangzhewanxiangqi”, the list published by the National Press and Public Administration showed.
Alibaba also received an approval for a game named “Chunqiuxuanqi”. The authoriy granted NetEase a licence for its mobile game titled “Journey to the West: Shikong”.
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