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Read More »Nvidia Shield gets official Nintendo support… in China
Nintendo is working with PC giant Nvidia to bring a range of Wii and GameCube games to the Nvidia Shield handheld. The catch, however, is that the game are unlikely to ever officially appear outside of China. Analyst Daniel Ahmad reports that the Shield will feature official ports of titles …
Read More »Tencent and Bluehole are bringing PUBG to mobile in China
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will get the mobile treatment in China, Tencent revealed yesterday. This announcement comes on the back of Tencent securing PUBG Chinese exclusivity last week. But it now looks like the Chinese giant will publish and distribute more than the PC version, as it announced in a blog post …
Read More »PUBG could get a ‘socialist makeover’ in China
Tencent’s agreement to become the Chinese publisher of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds in the region could result in some drastic changes to the game for Chinese players. The English language press release about Tencent and Bluehole’s partnership quotes Tencent’s senior VP Steven Ma as saying: “PUBG is currently the most popular survival …
Read More »Tencent secures PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Chinese exclusivity
While signs have suggested this for some time, it has now been officially confirmed that Tencent will be the exclusive Chinese publisher of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. VentureBeat reports that Tencent will run the game’s Chinese servers and assist developer Bluehole in tackling the proposed Chinese regulations that at one stage looked …
Read More »PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds could be banned in China
Breakout hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds could face losing access to its biggest market. Bloomberg reports that the China Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association has declared that PUBG is “too bloody and violent” for sale in the country, “deviates from the values of socialism” and is “deemed harmful to young consumers”. The …
Read More »Could PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds be banned in China?
A Chinese gaming association has warned that the game could be too violent and bloody
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