The planned curbs also reiterate a ban on "forbidden online game content that endangers national unity" and "endangers national security or harms national reputation and interests". Beijing first moved against the gaming sector in 2021, ruling that online gamers under the age of 18 would only be...
China has officially lifted its 15-year ban on console video game products, which opens up the industry to a country with a population of over 1.3 billion people. The Wall Street Journalreports that the Chinese government is ceasing its ban on video game consoles and their related products (v...
The latest rules from the NPPA significantly reduce the amount of time minors can play online games. Under 2019 rules, people under 18 were allowed to play games for 1½ hours a day on most days. "There are over 110 million minors that play video games in China today, and ...
The Chinese government has fully lifted a 15-year ban on video-game consoles, it announced last week. The new rules allow console makers from inside and outside of China to manufacture and sell their devices throughout the country. {mosads}The decision by the the Ministry of Culture to ...
SHANGHAI – On Monday this week, details were announced regarding the lifting of China’s 14-year ban on video game consoles, set to begin as a pilot program in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ). The lifting of the ban is poised to fundamentally alter China’s lucrative video gaming ...
China’s 13-year ban on video game consoles is ending with the creation of a new free trade zone in Shanghai that will allow foreign-funded companies to sell game systems nationwide. Rumors that the government would finally lift the ban were finally confirmed on Friday when China’s S...
The embattled company, which has a market valuation of around $375.3bn, suffered its first profit drop in a decade after the ban took place. Beijing's ban on video game approvals has lasted nine months. In August, Chinese regulators ordered Tencent to remove Monster Hunter: World - a game...
Reports this week that China was considering lifting its 13-year ban on video game consoles sent shares of companies likeSonyandNintendosoaring. (Read More:China May End Ban on Videogames, but So What?) But as the euphoria wears off and the waiting period for the country's government to ...
China moved in August to ban under-18s from playing video games for more than three hours a week, saying this was needed to curb a growing addiction to what it once described as "spiritual opium". China has conducted a broad crackdown on a wide range of sectors including tec...
The company said it would start with "Honor of Kings" to reduce teenagers' time playing video games and ban children under 12 from spending money on the games. On Tuesday, "Honor of Kings" said it would abide by the new rules, continuously upgrade anti-addiction measures...