In August 2018, Taiwanese writer Lung Ying-tai’s collection of essays – mostly about her love for her mother – was published in mainland China. It became a bestseller. Lung, who served as Taiwan’s minister of culture from 2012 to 2014, sold nearly 300,000 copies of her book in mainland China – an astonishing figure for … Read more
China has given the nod to 128 Chinese and foreign video games for domestic release in October, a batch that includes the highly anticipated Goddess of Victory: Nikke, backed by Tencent Holdings, as excitement in the country’s gaming industry continues following the release of Black Myth: Wukong. The National Press and Publication Administration, the agency … Read more
The NPPA has licensed a total of 850 domestic titles in the first eight months of this year, compared with 609 in the same period in 2023. A screenshot from Tencent Holdings’ action game Yirenzhixia. Photo: qq.com The large number of titles approved in August reflects the significant recovery in China’s video gaming market since … Read more
Action role-playing game Lost Soul Aside received a licence for release on personal computers as well as for gaming consoles PlayStation 4 and 5, according to the NPPA list. NetEase’s Broken Land was previously known as Code 56. Photo: NetEase Tencent Holdings, which runs the world’s biggest video gaming business by revenue, received the regulator’s … Read more
A version of this article was first published by The Korea Times in a partnership with the South China Morning Post. South Korea’s major video gaming companies see bright prospects for their operations in mainland China on the back of recently granted licences, according to industry insiders and analysts, after grappling with a regulatory crackdown … Read more
China approved 115 new video game titles in the first month of 2024, the largest batch of approvals in 18 months, in a supportive gesture to the industry. Among this month’s approvals is a mobile game Tencent developed in collaboration with the American sport league National Basketball Association (NBA), which has a dedicated following in … Read more
“During the drafting process, we received suggestions from the government, industry associations and companies in many ways,” the National Press and Publication Administration told the China Press and Publication News, its official paper. “The regulator will take public concerns on the … clauses into account and amend the regulations accordingly,” it said, adding the draft … Read more
The proposed regulation immediately prompted investors to dump shares in major Chinese video gaming stocks. Tencent Holdings, the world’s largest video gaming company by revenue, saw its shares close down 12 per cent to HK$274 on Friday, wiping out about HK$300 billion worth of value, while NetEase lost 27 per cent in pre-market trading in … Read more
