Just when China’s gaming market was bouncing back from a government crackdown, regulators have announced new rules that aims to limit in-game spending and rewards that encourage the same.
TikTok parent company, ByteDance, has invested billions of dollars in its gaming division called Nuverse since its launch in 2019. The investment was considered a strategic move to challenge domestic market leaders like NetEase and Tencent.
In late August, Chinese regulators approved 31 foreign video game titles for the local market. This is pleasant news for gamers in the Asian country that had to deal with a brutal crackdown by the government on the industry.
The video game player population in China touched a new high in June 2023. According to a Reuters report, China’s video game player population rose to 668 million.
The breakthrough in AI technology has been phenomenal, but it has also come with its own curse. Backed by AI, one person can now do the job that was previously done by 5 people. Consequently, the jobs of video game illustrators are being run over by AI in China. It Read more…
After over two decades of entertaining Chinese players, Blizzard Entertainment shut their servers at midnight local time on Tuesday 24 January 2022. Following what is now called the end of an era, millions of gamers in China have lost access to the widely popular “World of Warcraft” franchise and other Read more…