China’s new rules on video games … $3 billion last year — but PUBG has more quietly become a fixture among mobile gamers, particularly in Asia. At the end of last year, Krafton told The…
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Nintendo Keeping Expectations for China Expansion Realistic
Though Tencent holds a large position in the Chinese gaming market, China’s gaming industry is driven by its mobile and PC games. Furukawa said that he couldn’t say anything at the time of the ……
China replaces PUBG with patriotic game
PubG was developed in South Korea but Tencent had licensed the game and was testing a mobile app version in China. Players in China have been offered a state-approved alternative instead. PubG is … (…
Capturing What’s Online in China Before It Vanishes
What if shopping apps, and not social media, are the real mirror that mobile technology is holding up to our society? Come to think of it, I still don’t buy that much online. I just…
Tencent Puts A Bullet In PUBG Mobile For China In Favor Of Government-Themed Clone
The mobile version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUGB) sees over 70 million average daily users in China, but even so, Tencent Holdings is yanking the game and replacing it with a more … ( read original…
PUBG Mobile shut down in China in favor of blood-free clone
PUBG Mobile, the smartphone version of the hit battle royale game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, has been shut down in China by its publisher Tencent. It was unable to gain approval from the Chinese … ( read…
China’s Tencent drops hugely popular combat game PUBG
… had been offering a mobile version of “PUBG Mobile” — which is published by a subsidiary of South Korean firm Bluehole — for about a year. But a posting on the game’s official account…
Tencent replaces PUBG with patriotic game in China
Beijing, May 8 (IANS) Chinese tech giant Tencent has shut down its famous PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) mobile game in China after it failed to secure a government license to monitise the game. … ( read…
Apex Legends coming to mobile, PUBG not coming to China
EA has announced plans to release a version of their popular battle royale game on smartphones, as tougher Chinese restrictions hit PUBG. Borderlands voiceover actor claims Gearbox’s Randy … ( read original story …)
Tencent pulls blockbuster game PUBG in China as regulatory approval proves elusive
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tencent Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday it will stop offering in China its test version of global best-selling video game “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” (PUBG … ( read original story …)
China’s investment in U.S. drops 83 per cent amid growing mistrust
Chinese investment in the U.S. information and communications technology industry plunged to $200 million last year from $2.5 billion in 2017. U.S. direct investment in China, meanwhile, dipped to $13 … ( read original story…
China’s April exports fall amid US tariff war; imports rise
BEIJING – China’s exports fell in April amid a punishing tariff war with Washington, adding to pressure on Beijing on the eve of negotiations aimed at settling the fight over its technology ambitions. … (…
U.S.-China trade fears unnerve investors, pulling shares lower
The U.S. and China have raised tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of each other’s goods in their dispute over U.S. complaints about Chinese technology ambitions. “The intensification of the trade … ( read…
