China's video games regulator granted on Wednesday publishing licences to 45 foreign games for release in the country，further lifting rigid curbs that have hammered the industry for 18 months.
The regulator also approved 84 domestic games for the month of December, according to a separate list released on Wednesday.
The approval of imported games effectively marks the end of Beijing's crackdown on the video games industry which began last August when regulators suspended the game approval process. Regulators resumed issuing game licenses to homegrown games in April, and the approval of foreign games was seen as the last regulatory curb to be removed.
Unlike in most other countries, video games need approval from regulators before release in China, the world's largest gaming market. Beijing's year-long crackdown on the industry has dealt a significant blow to Chinese tech companies including Tencent and NetEase IncThrough various affiliated companies, Tencent, the world's largest gaming company, has effectively received a total of six licences in December, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.in over a year-and-a-half last month, which was seen then as an important signal towards policy normalisation for the industry.
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