Therecent announcementby Chinese regulators of new, stringent regulations aimed at curbing excessive spending in online games has sent significant ripples through the global gaming industry. These rules, seen as a major blow to the world's largest gaming market, have had profound implications, disrupt...
China's new video game draft rules spark scrambling and debate Employees at Papergames, a Suzhou-based video game developer, are burning the midnight oil, scrambling to adapt their upcoming title, "Love and Deepspace," to China's newly released draft video game regulations. Find out more in...
NetEase stock and other video game developers based in China tumbled in early morning trading after the Chinese government announced a series of draft rules aimed at curbing the time and money spent by players. "IBD Live" explains.Read Transcript...
China’s National Press and Publication Administration released a notice on Monday (August 30) outlining measures to tackle video game addiction, which they said has an impact on both the physical and mental health of minors. The new rules will require video game companies to limit acces...
In 2018, theMinistry of Education released policy plans to introduce age restrictions and playing time limits for video games,suggesting that video game addiction caused myopia and poor health. In 2019, theGeneral Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) issued rules requiring real-name registr...
China's Esports Powerhouse Status Undermined by Tough New Gaming Rules for Under 18s More Reuters A player of Rogue Warriors esports team trains for the game "Arena of Valor" at his club in Shanghai, China September 3, 2021. Picture taken September 3, 2021. ...
and 8 a.m. To enforce those rules, companies like Tencent Holdings have used real name registration and facial recognition technology to limit game playing. Watch the Latest from AppleInsider TV Tencent President Martin Lau cautioned investors in an earnings call earlier in August that B...
China plans to limit kids' video game play time to just three hours a week. Under 2019 rules, people under were allowed to play games for 1½ hours a day on most days. The rules will apply to companies providing online game services to minors, limiting their ability to serv...
China is to bring in new rules that will limit the amount of money and time that people can spend on video games. The restrictions are aimed at limiting in-game purchases and preventing obsessive gaming behaviour. The draft legislation is a blow to the world's largest online gaming market,...
Tackling monetization could be a big problem for China’s video game developers, which tend to earn revenue through small micropayments in a so-calledfree-to-play model. A spokesperson from NetEase Games said in a Chinese-language statement to Fortune that the draft rules extend restriction...